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Bitcoin => Hardware => Topic started by: Turtle02 on November 07, 2017, 02:33:39 PM



Title: Programmable asics
Post by: Turtle02 on November 07, 2017, 02:33:39 PM
Hi, I have several programmable ASICS I want to turn into miners but I don’t know how to build them out.
Are there any instructions and how to actually use these ascis? Like put them on a board of some kind and power them?


Title: Re: Programmable asics
Post by: sidehack on November 07, 2017, 02:39:56 PM
"Programmable" "Application-Specific Integrated Circuit" is a bit of a contradiction. Do you perhaps mean FPGA?


Title: Re: Programmable asics
Post by: Turtle02 on November 07, 2017, 03:11:46 PM
Yes I am new to this, but that is the category they fall into.


Title: Re: Programmable asics
Post by: wavelengthsf on November 07, 2017, 03:13:56 PM
https://github.com/progranism/Open-Source-FPGA-Bitcoin-Miner is an example of an FPGA miner


Title: Re: Programmable asics
Post by: sidehack on November 07, 2017, 03:15:14 PM
FPGAs were used in Bitcoin mining back around 2012 and early 2013. You might find some open-source projects if you search around. There's some active development for altcoins on other algorithms I would bet, but you won't find info on those in the Bitcoin hardware forum - gonna have to check Altcoins to learn much of use.