Timetable and Milestones

Our timetable/milestones are listed below;

Mechanical;

• Completion of simulation study, Oct., 2002.
• Prototype production for KEK test and RUN3, Nov., 2002.
• Beam test of final prototype, Dec., 2002.
• Installation of a few cells to the West Arm, Jan.-Feb., 2003.
• Partial purchase of PMT's and aerogel, Mar., 2003.
• Mechanical design of main frame on the carrier, summer 2003.
• Final decision on the design, Jul., 2003.
• Start of mass production of cells, Aug., 2003.
• Start of partial installtion, fall-winter, 2003.
• All system ready by mid-2004.

Electronics(PMT bleeder, preamp & calibration system);

• Prototype design of bleeder & preamp, Nov., 2002.
• Evaluation of bleeder & preamp prototype, Dec., 2002.
• Production of final bleeder & preamp, Feb., 2003.
• Start mass production of bleeder & preamp, Mar., 2003.
• Setup testbench for PMT, bleeder & preamp tests, Mar., 2003.
• Decision on calibration system (LED), Mar., 2003.
• Complete $\sim 1/3$ of bleeder/preamp/LED production, summer, 2003.
• All system ready by mid-2004.

Front-End and trigger Electronics;

• Design the FEE (minor modification to RICH FEE), Feb., 2003.
• FEE Prototype production, Apr., 2003.
• FEE production, fall, 2003.
• Trigger circuit design, Jun., 2003.
• All system ready by mid-2004.