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November 18, 2012, 08:05:25 PM |
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To summarize USB usage on RPi: ... actually this should be a pre-pre- warning for those companies attempting to power 'miners' off the USB ports. Current BFL singles don't draw any power from usb so I'm not sure why that would matter. By the way guys, Ben's outlet has the Motorola Droid Bionic Lapdock on sale for $49 today. I picked one up and I'm going to turn my pi into a cheap laptop. While the $499 list price is bull, they usually go for around $60 used so pretty good deal. http://www.bensoutlet.com/products/motorola-droid-bionic-lapdock
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psilan
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November 19, 2012, 05:05:43 AM |
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I have my BFL single flying on my Pi. Just one though. Didn't work so well unless I got a better USB charger to supply power.
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CrazyGuy (OP)
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November 19, 2012, 06:38:25 PM |
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I have my BFL single flying on my Pi. Just one though. Didn't work so well unless I got a better USB charger to supply power.
When you say it didn't work so well with a bad power supply what happened? Did it work for a while then power off like mine? I'm not opposed to trying again with a better PS, but I've got more than one and I don't want to waste my time if there are still Com issues.
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psilan
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November 19, 2012, 07:02:55 PM |
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I have my BFL single flying on my Pi. Just one though. Didn't work so well unless I got a better USB charger to supply power.
When you say it didn't work so well with a bad power supply what happened? Did it work for a while then power off like mine? I'm not opposed to trying again with a better PS, but I've got more than one and I don't want to waste my time if there are still Com issues. I would say the USB/Network was failing. Using wireless USB or network port it would become unpingable. I would have to power cycle. The Pi would still be on.
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November 20, 2012, 02:14:47 AM |
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I have my BFL single flying on my Pi. Just one though. Didn't work so well unless I got a better USB charger to supply power.
When you say it didn't work so well with a bad power supply what happened? Did it work for a while then power off like mine? I'm not opposed to trying again with a better PS, but I've got more than one and I don't want to waste my time if there are still Com issues. I would say the USB/Network was failing. Using wireless USB or network port it would become unpingable. I would have to power cycle. The Pi would still be on. sounds like the hangup issue of the USB... Since the Networking infrastructure WIFI is routed via the same protocol. It is something that pisses me off, if you look at MANY of the WIFI/Network chips, they state they are 10/100 'compatible' Yes they ARE.... BUT what they DON'T tell you is that they then interface it to a USB V1.0 core(cheaper IP), before bringing it to the outside of the Network/USB interface chip, which means you can get about 5mbs out of a 100Base before you bottle neck the chips. (this is NOT the RPi issue, its something related to the shitty little cheap USB pluggable devices for $5.00) So you have an ARM/cortex device capable of shit hot processing, BUT then the network is tied to 5mbs with some shittly little Asian chip. Really you are fucking yourself before you start.., ESP. if you are on a hub.
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November 21, 2012, 06:36:16 PM Last edit: November 21, 2012, 06:51:38 PM by Fcx35x10 |
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i received notice on my 512 RPI shipment yesterday i'm curious to test my MMQ with the RPI I have my BFL single flying on my Pi. Just one though. Didn't work so well unless I got a better USB charger to supply power.
When you say it didn't work so well with a bad power supply what happened? Did it work for a while then power off like mine? I'm not opposed to trying again with a better PS, but I've got more than one and I don't want to waste my time if there are still Com issues. I would say the USB/Network was failing. Using wireless USB or network port it would become unpingable. I would have to power cycle. The Pi would still be on. which OS were you using?
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CrazyGuy (OP)
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November 21, 2012, 08:09:35 PM |
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Which power supply are you using?
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psilan
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November 21, 2012, 08:10:18 PM |
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An HTC Sensation charger.
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November 25, 2012, 01:17:12 AM |
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I thought this post from another thread was pretty interesting:
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November 25, 2012, 01:23:44 AM |
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I thought this post from another thread was pretty interesting: Man, it is tested and verified, just one example, 70 fpgas, one 8 bees controller is out, e.g.: ...@raspberrypi ~/m5 $ ./as start_time (unix time)=1353803823.686, elapsed_time=2521.778 secs accepted_works=3604, rejected_works = 108, result_upload_errors=0, total=3712 active_ktrls=9, inactive_ktrls=0 total_bees=69 KTRL_LIST ktrl=166, nr_bees=8, bee_mask=ff, stat=00, systat1=07, systat2=87, init_counts=0 ktrl=134, nr_bees=8, bee_mask=ff, stat=00, systat1=87, systat2=97, init_counts=0 ktrl=72, nr_bees=6, bee_mask=cf, stat=00, systat1=07, systat2=97, init_counts=0 ktrl=210, nr_bees=8, bee_mask=ff, stat=00, systat1=47, systat2=97, init_counts=0 ktrl=76, nr_bees=7, bee_mask=ef, stat=00, systat1=87, systat2=87, init_counts=0 ktrl=114, nr_bees=8, bee_mask=ff, stat=00, systat1=87, systat2=97, init_counts=0 ktrl=82, nr_bees=8, bee_mask=ff, stat=00, systat1=87, systat2=87, init_counts=0 ktrl=118, nr_bees=8, bee_mask=ff, stat=00, systat1=87, systat2=97, init_counts=0 ktrl=92, nr_bees=8, bee_mask=ff, stat=00, systat1=87, systat2=97, init_counts=0
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November 25, 2012, 09:14:53 PM |
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Bridging polyfuses may not be necessary with later revisions, unless input amperage needs to be raised. http://elinux.org/Polyfuses_explainedAs of the end of August 2012 some users were reporting that newly arrived PI's were fitted with 0 Ohm resistors for the USB polyfuses F1 & F2, and Liz of the RPF foundation confirmed that it was official RPF policy to remove the offending fuses. However F3 still limits the total input current to about 1A.
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bitboyben
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November 26, 2012, 02:45:48 AM |
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Bridging polyfuses may not be necessary with later revisions, unless input amperage needs to be raised. http://elinux.org/Polyfuses_explainedAs of the end of August 2012 some users were reporting that newly arrived PI's were fitted with 0 Ohm resistors for the USB polyfuses F1 & F2, and Liz of the RPF foundation confirmed that it was official RPF policy to remove the offending fuses. However F3 still limits the total input current to about 1A. No F1 or F2 on my RPi only F3. I'm hoping I can get it to work with my incoming asics. Certified powered hub is next on my list. It arrived this last week.
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November 26, 2012, 05:57:32 AM |
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Bridging polyfuses may not be necessary with later revisions, unless input amperage needs to be raised. http://elinux.org/Polyfuses_explainedAs of the end of August 2012 some users were reporting that newly arrived PI's were fitted with 0 Ohm resistors for the USB polyfuses F1 & F2, and Liz of the RPF foundation confirmed that it was official RPF policy to remove the offending fuses. However F3 still limits the total input current to about 1A. No F1 or F2 on my RPi only F3. I'm hoping I can get it to work with my incoming asics. Certified powered hub is next on my list. It arrived this last week. Do you have anything else to stress test the USB stack with? Is anyone in general aware if a powered hub fixes the rest of the problems?
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November 26, 2012, 03:54:07 PM |
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Bridging polyfuses may not be necessary with later revisions, unless input amperage needs to be raised. http://elinux.org/Polyfuses_explainedAs of the end of August 2012 some users were reporting that newly arrived PI's were fitted with 0 Ohm resistors for the USB polyfuses F1 & F2, and Liz of the RPF foundation confirmed that it was official RPF policy to remove the offending fuses. However F3 still limits the total input current to about 1A. No F1 or F2 on my RPi only F3. I'm hoping I can get it to work with my incoming asics. Certified powered hub is next on my list. It arrived this last week. Do you have anything else to stress test the USB stack with? Is anyone in general aware if a powered hub fixes the rest of the problems? As for my tests a powered hub does not fix the issues with usb..... It could cause problems too. Remember that thing hates feedback power over the USB cable. Only cutting the power lanes of the USB cable helped a little. Still the device is not an option for me with my 18 Ztex boards...
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November 26, 2012, 07:25:55 PM |
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I've had no problems with 2 BFL singles running through BFGMiner on my RPi, though be sure to read and install EVERYTHING for bfgminer. Its a neat little device and should handle a few more without a problem. Just make sure you have a powered USB Hub and a good power supply for your RPi.
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bitboyben
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November 26, 2012, 09:51:06 PM |
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The power for the Rpi will be from my cell charger 5v 1A. The powered hub will not power the Rpi with my set up. As stated that can cause problems. The other recommendation is to put both the Hub and Rpi on same power bar. IF I need to turn the RPi off the USB should also be powered down at the same time to avoid random writes. I don't have a link but all that information is on the RPi forums/FAQs. I don't have any FPGAs to test though... I'll try install the BFGminer today or tomorrow. Should have bought a case with it...
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beekeeper
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November 27, 2012, 01:22:43 AM |
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Bridging polyfuses may not be necessary with later revisions, unless input amperage needs to be raised. http://elinux.org/Polyfuses_explainedAs of the end of August 2012 some users were reporting that newly arrived PI's were fitted with 0 Ohm resistors for the USB polyfuses F1 & F2, and Liz of the RPF foundation confirmed that it was official RPF policy to remove the offending fuses. However F3 still limits the total input current to about 1A. No F1 or F2 on my RPi only F3. I'm hoping I can get it to work with my incoming asics. Certified powered hub is next on my list. It arrived this last week. Do you have anything else to stress test the USB stack with? Is anyone in general aware if a powered hub fixes the rest of the problems? As for my tests a powered hub does not fix the issues with usb..... It could cause problems too. Remember that thing hates feedback power over the USB cable. Only cutting the power lanes of the USB cable helped a little. Still the device is not an option for me with my 18 Ztex boards... Are your boards bus powered?
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Fcx35x10
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November 27, 2012, 01:24:05 AM |
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i should be finally getting mines in the mail tomorrow. i probably shouldn't use a microusb + usb to wall adapter as my power source huh?
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beekeeper
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November 27, 2012, 01:37:20 AM |
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i should be finally getting mines in the mail tomorrow. i probably shouldn't use a microusb + usb to wall adapter as my power source huh?
If the usb to wall adapter supplies 700mAh at least, it should be ok (according to the producer).
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