[GENERAL SALES CLOSED] GekkoScience 2PAC - 2x BM1384 USB Stick Miner

[klintay]

He now sells this usb 3.0 version

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Eyeboot-19-Port-40A-USB-3-0-Hub-110-240V-2-amps-per-port-/351720554389?

I do not know if he went to the better psu inside it
but it is easy to upgrade the psu if it is like my hub.
This hub would be sweet with 16 2pacs.  I think you would not need the bridges I use since it is a usb 3.0 hub

wicked pictures by the way. The USB 3.0 hub has a 40 amp psu this time so can run 18 2Pac stick miners @ 250 freq 27 GH for each stick
The other three ports are on the side so they can only fit two sticks

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01EB33JOK
http://www.eyeboot.com/19-port-usb3

Freq	GH	Vcore	Power	J/GH
100	11.00	1.26	3.67	0.33
125	13.75	1.26	4.48	0.33
150	16.50	1.26	5.27	0.32
175	19.25	1.26	6.12	0.32
200	22.00	1.32	7.43	0.34
225	24.75	1.36	8.73	0.35
250	27.50	1.40	10.11	0.37
275	30.25	1.46	12.25	0.40
300	33.00	1.50	13.98	0.42

[sidehack]

Dang that's a sexy hub. From where do you conjure up these things?

[klintay]

Dang that's a sexy hub. From where do you conjure up these things?

usually just from customer feedback etc. You want to see something really sexy? Remember that yellow usb hub with all the messy cables etc? We put it all into a nice neat black box:

http://www.eyeboot.com/49-port-usb-hub-version2

works a lot better now too

[ppetrovic68]

Dang that's a sexy hub. From where do you conjure up these things?

usually just from customer feedback etc. You want to see something really sexy? Remember that yellow usb hub with all the messy cables etc? We put it all into a nice neat black box:

http://www.eyeboot.com/49-port-usb-hub-version2

works a lot better now too

Links to USB hub charger and charging station in the description are broken.

[klintay]

Dang that's a sexy hub. From where do you conjure up these things?

usually just from customer feedback etc. You want to see something really sexy? Remember that yellow usb hub with all the messy cables etc? We put it all into a nice neat black box:

http://www.eyeboot.com/49-port-usb-hub-version2

works a lot better now too

Links to USB hub charger and charging station in the description are broken.

fixed! sorry about that we are in the middle of a site upgrade.

[hurricandave]

How come the 49port hub still has the same PSU as the 19port? Could it handle a bigger PSU ?

[sidehack]

Maybe we should start a thread about hubs so I stop getting "new post" emails that aren't about 2Pac sales?

[philipma1957]

Maybe we should start a thread about hubs so I stop getting "new post" emails that aren't about 2Pac sales?

okay will do it in hard ware>

done

link

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1779423.msg17745347#msg17745347

[patx]

Stencils arrived this morning so we got started on surface-mounting. By tomorrow I'll have about 600 sticks with ASICs mounted, and will have started on the topside components. All heatsinks are drilled and tapped and ready to be installed. Overall, we're right on schedule.

Hello Sidehack,

Nice to see such progress !

Do you have an idea on when you should start to ship those babies ?

Best,

Patx

[sidehack]

First orders should be going out tomorrow. These things are taking a lot longer to iron out than I expected, mostly because of issues with parts placement. I've got a minion running the pick-and-place and I think I need to give him another run-through on how to do things right. Paste isn't wetting properly so parts aren't sticking well - part of that is it's been cold lately, and part is the paste isn't being stirred right before application so it's too stiff, and part of that is I think he's just not laying it down right. Yesterday he somehow gouged the stencil so badly it took a chunk out of the PCB.

I did some figuring this morning and changed the program a bit to help out with one issue I was seeing on the board, but about two dozen sets (one "board" is 10x sticks in a panel) had already been run through so those will have to be reworked manually. And then a lot of ASICs are not stuck down right, which if I can figure up a solution for that or just do it all myself I'll end up re-doing about 20 panels but there's already 30-odd already finished I'll just have to deal with. Long story short, daily total output is half what it should be until I can solve the problems. That's a bad thing for everyone.

Good news is, the first orders should be going out tomorrow. I'll probably queue things 80/20 since that's about how the orders are lining up, which means in every 100 sticks 20 will ship for small orders and 80 for big orders.

[philipma1957]

My testing stick is running very nicely.

I boosted it to freq 225. It runs with zero issues.  Very nice stick.  Gives me about 23-24 gh

[leowonderful]

First orders should be going out tomorrow. These things are taking a lot longer to iron out than I expected, mostly because of issues with parts placement. I've got a minion running the pick-and-place and I think I need to give him another run-through on how to do things right. Paste isn't wetting properly so parts aren't sticking well - part of that is it's been cold lately, and part is the paste isn't being stirred right before application so it's too stiff, and part of that is I think he's just not laying it down right. Yesterday he somehow gouged the stencil so badly it took a chunk out of the PCB.

I did some figuring this morning and changed the program a bit to help out with one issue I was seeing on the board, but about two dozen sets (one "board" is 10x sticks in a panel) had already been run through so those will have to be reworked manually. And then a lot of ASICs are not stuck down right, which if I can figure up a solution for that or just do it all myself I'll end up re-doing about 20 panels but there's already 30-odd already finished I'll just have to deal with. Long story short, daily total output is half what it should be until I can solve the problems. That's a bad thing for everyone.

Good news is, the first orders should be going out tomorrow. I'll probably queue things 80/20 since that's about how the orders are lining up, which means in every 100 sticks 20 will ship for small orders and 80 for big orders.

Sounds good! Can't wait to receive my one stick I ordered, if it works well I'll definitely order more as soon as I can having half the output of normal is still better than not having any at all. Keep us updated!

[sidehack]

The first handful of sticks are shipping out today. I'd have more done and tested, but my minion left after 3 hours during which time he only got about 40 minutes worth of work done - 40 minutes at my pace, anyways. He's still learning the benefits of batch processes and power tools for making short work of large modularizable tasks.

I'll be queueing on an 80/20 rate, which means 80% of manufactured sticks will go to big orders and 20% to small orders. Right now that's pretty much how the breakdown is. So that means I'll ship the first 40 sticks to small orders and save the next 200 for a big order, and so on. If I can get the manufacturing pace picked up to near where I'd like it there'd be about 240 moving every week, but that's going to mean tweaking processes to get rid of the metric buttload of manual rework currently required.

I'll be working a fair bit over the weekend to get more sticks out, and ironing out some kinks with the new testing setup that's causing more issues with output. The next few orders on the list will be shipping out Tuesday.

[klintay]

Maybe we should start a thread about hubs so I stop getting "new post" emails that aren't about 2Pac sales?

okay will do it in hard ware>

done

link

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1779423.msg17745347#msg17745347

thanks will post all stuff about usb hubs in there

The first handful of sticks are shipping out today. I'd have more done and tested, but my minion left after 3 hours during which time he only got about 40 minutes worth of work done - 40 minutes at my pace, anyways. He's still learning the benefits of batch processes and power tools for making short work of large modularizable tasks.

I'll be queueing on an 80/20 rate, which means 80% of manufactured sticks will go to big orders and 20% to small orders. Right now that's pretty much how the breakdown is. So that means I'll ship the first 40 sticks to small orders and save the next 200 for a big order, and so on. If I can get the manufacturing pace picked up to near where I'd like it there'd be about 240 moving every week, but that's going to mean tweaking processes to get rid of the metric buttload of manual rework currently required.

I'll be working a fair bit over the weekend to get more sticks out, and ironing out some kinks with the new testing setup that's causing more issues with output. The next few orders on the list will be shipping out Tuesday.

wicked bro, can't wait to get my batch and start playing around with some hubs.

[sidehack]

I came in over the weekend and got a bunch more sticks tested. Also tested out a new assembly procedure that should pick up the overall pace, which is definitely a good thing.

Anyways I have to go by the post office today anyway so I'm shipping out the next small orders. This makes the first 8 small orders, total of 47 sticks, shipped by day's end. The next 200 will be stashed for the first large order. By end of next week I should have that first large order done and be tearing into the next however many small orders. I'll have to retool for bitshopper sticks before long, so that'll slow up the domestic-order pace a bit.

[murasame2003]

I came in over the weekend and got a bunch more sticks tested. Also tested out a new assembly procedure that should pick up the overall pace, which is definitely a good thing.

Anyways I have to go by the post office today anyway so I'm shipping out the next small orders. This makes the first 8 small orders, total of 47 sticks, shipped by day's end. The next 200 will be stashed for the first large order. By end of next week I should have that first large order done and be tearing into the next however many small orders. I'll have to retool for bitshopper sticks before long, so that'll slow up the domestic-order pace a bit.

Thanks for the update.
I don't know where my 6 sticks are placed in your queue but I made some silly contraption while waiting the new toys to show up.

http://imgur.com/AEiKf8S

[sidehack]

Yours are going out today.

[Biodom]

I came in over the weekend and got a bunch more sticks tested. Also tested out a new assembly procedure that should pick up the overall pace, which is definitely a good thing.

Anyways I have to go by the post office today anyway so I'm shipping out the next small orders. This makes the first 8 small orders, total of 47 sticks, shipped by day's end. The next 200 will be stashed for the first large order. By end of next week I should have that first large order done and be tearing into the next however many small orders. I'll have to retool for bitshopper sticks before long, so that'll slow up the domestic-order pace a bit.

Thanks for the update.
I don't know where my 6 sticks are placed in your queue but I made some silly contraption while waiting the new toys to show up.

thanks...cute..., however, you will be cooling mostly the hub, not the sticks themselves with this setup as they will protrude much higher than the fan plane.

[murasame2003]

I came in over the weekend and got a bunch more sticks tested. Also tested out a new assembly procedure that should pick up the overall pace, which is definitely a good thing.

Anyways I have to go by the post office today anyway so I'm shipping out the next small orders. This makes the first 8 small orders, total of 47 sticks, shipped by day's end. The next 200 will be stashed for the first large order. By end of next week I should have that first large order done and be tearing into the next however many small orders. I'll have to retool for bitshopper sticks before long, so that'll slow up the domestic-order pace a bit.

Thanks for the update.
I don't know where my 6 sticks are placed in your queue but I made some silly contraption while waiting the new toys to show up.

http://imgur.com/AEiKf8S

thanks...cute..., however, you will be cooling mostly the hub, not the sticks themselves with this setup as they will protrude much higher than the fan plane.

There is a large block of heatsink in the middle.
All the sticks will be mounted on this then connected to the hub via 6-inch Male to Female USB extension cable.
I don't know the quality of these cables so there could be some amp loss but I guess I have to play around to find out.

[murasame2003]

Yours are going out today.

Thank you sir!