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Title: Blackarrow BifuryX16 boards hosted by Beaglebone, Possible? (.25BTC bounty) Post by: helipotte on May 31, 2014, 07:32:45 PM Does anyone know if a driver exists that can do this. The one based on chainminer (driver-bab.c) for Cgminer, Seems to be Raspberry pi only.
The Beaglebone looks better suited for controlling 20+ boards due to it's faster CPU. If I match the SPI pins from the controller to the beaglebone, I think just a proper driver might do it. Maybe? Edit: Been trying to get this to work. No go, I am simply not a programmer. I will offer .25BTC to who ever modifies the driver to work. Or posts information in this thread that leads to a working setup. The information would have to be very specific to Blackarrow bitfury boards working with a Beaglebone black. I can provide detailed info on my configuration. I have CGminer 4.3.4 compiled in minepeon for Beaglebone black. The bab driver and bfsc (BFL singles) are added. I have a V2 controller and 20 cards. I followed instructions here:http://elinux.org/BeagleBone_Black_Enable_SPIDEV (http://elinux.org/BeagleBone_Black_Enable_SPIDEV) to enable the SPI01 interface. I also mapped the pins from the Beaglebone to the cable connecting the the V2 controller card. Used these diagrams: Raspberry Pi http://www.raspberrypi-spy.co.uk/2012/06/simple-guide-to-the-rpi-gpio-header-and-pins/ (http://www.raspberrypi-spy.co.uk/2012/06/simple-guide-to-the-rpi-gpio-header-and-pins/) BeagleBone http://elinux.org/Beagleboard:Cape_Expansion_Headers (http://elinux.org/Beagleboard:Cape_Expansion_Headers) Title: Re: Blackarrow BifuryX16 boards hosted by Beaglebone, Possible? (.25BTC bounty) Post by: helipotte on June 04, 2014, 03:52:34 PM To update, I have been told this would be very difficult to do. This is mostly due to the extra GPIO pins used to interface with the control board.
Also the a beaglebone might be less suited for the task. Still hoping the some one can help me with the driver. :) |