I just wanted to say THEY ARE HERE!
lol
(yes, giddy like a kid on christmas). SUPER fast shipping from EMS to Canada. I was shocked actually.
The order of 17 Icarus boards that we bought for this batch, which was shipped on the 11th was delivered this morning!
First I'd like to say, FANTASTIC packaging job ngzhang! Very professionally and well packaged. Nicely done.
The package included each board wrapped in an oversized static bag, and sealed, and then 2 of those packages packed in a small box. Several of these boxes were then packed into a larger shipping box lined with bubble wrap.
In addition in one of the boxes there was 1 Icarus (since we had an odd number) along with the Xilinx platform cable and dev kit from ngzhang. (and I had suspected at first a "third party" platform cable, but in fact it's the original xilinx package).
In addition the box contained a healthy pile of power connectors/leads (I ordered these without the power bricks to cut down on shipping weight, and plan on powering the cluster from an ATX supply). And a big bundle of USB cables as well. Also several bags of assorted size brass standoffs was included as well.
I have to say, I'm thoroughly impressed!
Unboxing photos attached below (sorry for the bad pics, they were taken on my cell)
I'll post more pics of the finished cluster once I have it up and running