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Is it possible to make a a rig with any model of that device on a hub? I'm trying to make a rig to mining litecoin, i'm thinking on buying the usb moonlanders. Can anybody help? I'm new at the scene...

To begin, this custom device requires the compilation of the driver (https://github.com/jstefanop/bfgminer/tree/futurebit_driver) from source for all Linux machines, including Raspberry Pi. See this post (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1248914.msg12967980#msg12967980) for instructions (the gist being to install build dependencies, autogen, configure, make, and install).

It appears that there is some x86/x64-specific code in the repository, but it's SHA256-specific and may be skipped entirely when building only scrypt and this piece of hardware. Of course, you'll have to try it and see.

don't know how to compile it... i've read elsewhere that this sticks don't work on a hub at the full clock speed!

If you have a powered hub then you should be set as long as the hub can provide sufficient power.

As for compiling, the instructions are provided at the second link I gave. If you are having trouble or don't want to compile it for yourself I may be able to cross-compile it for Raspberry Pi for you (or dig up a Pi, compile, and send you the compiled version), but I won't have time to do that for a couple of weeks.

I doubt very much you would be mining very much litecoin with a pie rig?  prob not even worth the hassle

i'm willing to give it a try... do you know if it is possible to have more than one hub connected to the pi?

Yes, you can have a separate powered hub on each of the USB ports. I don't believe that there is a particularly large amount of USB data traffic needed to support mining.

Do you know if the pi 3 is a better option for setting up a rig? Do you know if the minera image file on other website work on the pi?

Doubt it. To begin, there's Moonlander-specific code in that repository and so any old miner won't help you. Additionally, normal Linux software that's compiled won't run on a Pi (platform-independent languages such as Python or Java may depending on other software factors). I strongly encourage using the official moonlander code that I linked.

There are some reports of working status on the pi http://unix.mm5aes.net/?p=minera-build-with-fururebit-moonlander-support! Does anyone know for sure?

does anyone know if this hub http://www.amazon.com/dp/B006TT91TW/ref=sr_1_10?ie=UTF8&sr=1-10&m=A294P4X9EWVXLJ&tag=ianker-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399373&creativeASIN=B006TT91TW work well on a pi? With several moonlanders?

that hub should work and sense the Moonlander is actually a Alchemist chip you can use minera i do with my Alchemist 256 and a PI and USB 3 hub and not the controller it came with. and any PI type should work just use BFG in the custom folder in minera with any PI type, your set . in a July release the DEV of minera told me hes rewriting Minera making it work  with all most anything and more lightweight .so we may see minera with a windows version and able to mine eth out of the box i do mean out of the box unlike some others have claimed with there eth software miners, minera has all ways been built with that intention . to be very user friendly but yet for the advanced user as well.

or USE BFG by it self without Minera on any PI type not just raspberry ,  i know that will work https://archive.litecointalk.org/index.php?topic=28691.0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nj-y4QvoWx4

Cya

Ah, thank you for clarifying. I wasn't aware that the Moonlander actually used an architecture/protocol already supported in another mining software project.

I thought that you can use raspberry pi only for pos staking not for mining purposes.. And i hope some can give more details about mining raspberry pi.. i have many stuck i just use it for programming cellphones.. i will convert it into mining purposes..

I use one to run my Avalon 4.1 the Avalon 4.1 and 6 has OpenWrt software for raspberry PI's , i use miniea with my Avalon 4.1 ,  i use Different pi types to run my Alchemist and grid seed 25 mh blade with minera and use one as a Proxy to mine with , they have all kinds of uses, if i could figure out how to use one it to run my GPU rig i would over using a MB.  i have 10 PI types there fun to play with .they actually don't mine just control the miners that do.

I'm wondering if it's possible to have a smallish FPGA act as a PCIe master and send instructions to the graphics card to perform mining using some given OpenCL/CUDA kernel. I'd assume that the complexity would be immense though (perhaps to practical impossibility), especially in terms of the driver/kernel code considerations and such.

I've heard elsewhere that there are some guys working on a faster chip for mining litecoin! does anyone knows if that is for sure? a alchemist guys say that they have a powerful chip! Maybe a rumor? I've lost the source of that information, can't confirm!     

i've purchase the pi.. what a nice piece of hardware...  ;)

Alcheminer? Yes, they have a usb miner plus a larger miner. http://www.alcheminer.com/ <--- No usb miner, the usb is made by Futurebit.
there's the Futurebit Moonlander that uses the Alcheminer chip, runs up to 1+mh/s that's made for scrypt mining, and matching software for it. The thread is found at https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1248914.0
It's not sold by jstefanop anymore, but there's plenty of resellers (Asicpuppy used to sell them, but they ran out) on Amazon and eBay. If you decide to get one, it's basically the Gekkoscience Compac of the Scrypt world- plenty of overclocking and modding possible, and made by the community. Alcheminer also sells their own miners if you'd like to get one, but personally I'd spend my money supporting forum members than some company I don't know well.

There are no moonlanders available? I've read elsewhere that they will be available soon!

Is it possible to mine litecoin without using other hardware rather than pi? I've got here a RPi3 on a rack... So far useless, can someone guide me through the process?