FINAL BETA K16 v0.3.0 Board Design Released.

I've pushed my latest design files up to GitHub and updated the parts list.

Have Fun. New 3D render and gerber outputs also there. Use gerbv and open the kicad/ka6/ka6.gvp file.

Tomorrow I hope to have a web store open. Still a bunch of work to do there, setup Paypal and Bitcoin Pmts, and I need to take a few photos. Initially I expect to have pre-order K16 and K1 Board Only sales. Pre-order as in I'll order the boards and when they come in I'll ship them out - not months of angst waiting.

I'll also have Solder Paste Stencils for K16 and K1, and a small plain Heat Sink for the K1 as well. The boards include a license fee component, and pricing for QTY 1-9, 10-25, 26-50, 51-99, 100+. I plan to add some pre-programmed PIC parts later but that also depends on supply, and there's not much point in that until I have a boot loader written.

Note - my firmware files now default for use with inverters on result data and clk. If you still use non-inverted you will need to edit two lines before building in addition to setting chip count and bank values. I'll get some of this cleaned up with proper defines before long.

Next up: QFN variant and then K1 revision.

Yes, this would be my preferred way to go . But I'm obviously not buying large volumes since it's gonna be done manually.

Check the DIY site for the info on that. You should be doing a lot of research on your own for this to decide whether you will either do a the reflow yourself or outsource it. I think most people would be smart to get the boards already populated with components and then find a fab house locally to do the reflow especially having read the specs myself I think you need to get some serious skills and equipment if you are doing multiple boards.

https://www.sparkfun.com/tutorials/59

And more detailed info reflow with QFN chips.

http://www.ti.com/lit/an/sloa122/sloa122.pdf
http://www.ti.com/lit/an/slua271a/slua271a.pdf

This really really #%$#blows...Graet is tops, and puts his all in to be fair and offer great service....one of the beacons in the bitcoin community....and now this.....!

Let's say for example that the thief uses localbitcoins.com and meets some innocent buyer on the street, transfers those 934 stolen BTC to a fresh address of the buyer (e.g. via smartphones), and in exchange the thief receives dollar bills from the unsuspecting buyer. What do you and your son and his children plan to do in this case?

Unfortunately, in reality the thief doesn't even have to bother that much. He can simply deposit the stolen BTC in MtGox, go through the AML verification procedure, and withdraw USD or whatever currency that he prefers. So even though MtGox will know the identity of the thief, they will not reveal it because of legal considerations, unless Graet could produce a court order (and it's highly unlikey that he could, because the thief is probably in another country, and efforts to involve Interpol for this amount of stolen money will hit a brick wall).