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

[sidehack]

Thanks for telling me. I usually don't find out about holidays until I go to the post office and they're closed. Well that's okay, I guess that many more orders will go out if I have an extra day to assemble and test. After the big order of 200 I'll owe about 65 sticks to the small queue before shifting to bitshoppers. At this week's pace there shouldn't be any trouble doing that if I put in at least one day this weekend.

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[CADuke]

My two sticks are probably at tail end of small orders.

[sidehack]

There's something like 60 orders after yours.

Because of the extra work required for bitshopper sticks (extra processing time because they're not panelized, stuff like that) I'm gonna ship every small order I can out of standing inventory after the next big order is met. It'll probably be close to 100 sticks instead of the 65 or so due. This'll mean about 3/4 of the small queue will have been met, and more than half the total sticks ordered (when bitshoppers ship).

I've worked out a solution to one of the more common issues (not solder or placement related) I've been seeing at the testbench, so that's good news also.

[wrxodus]

Thank you for all the updates...I can't wait! 

[bookstime6]

Thanks for the updates.

I'm gonna order through bitshopper when they get stock.

[brainiak005]

Yeah, thanks for the updates and everything - signed up to say that I received my 3 in the mail recently, but finally checked today and have them in hand!! Super excited to get them set up!

[sidehack]

More sticks shipping out today, including Canada. There's an issue with bitshopper sticks that'll have to be addressed, so I went ahead and hit up the small order queue with green sticks to the proportion that bitshoppers had been sent out. The next batch of green sticks will be reserved for large order queue. I don't know how many yet but more will be going out Friday.

[valkir]

More sticks shipping out today, including Canada. There's an issue with bitshopper sticks that'll have to be addressed, so I went ahead and hit up the small order queue with green sticks to the proportion that bitshoppers had been sent out. The next batch of green sticks will be reserved for large order queue. I don't know how many yet but more will be going out Friday.

Awesome! 

[Eagleone]

Got my 4 2pac's!

[sidehack]

Forgot if I mentioned it here already, but I screwed up the bitshopper PCB order. Somehow I sent an old version of the gerber files out and left an error in 'em, so now I have a bunch of PCBs that don't work. It's a simple fix but a fix nonetheless, so we're scrapping 'em and ordering new.

I did have a bunch already made and that's how I noticed the issue.

So I've got some black 2Pacs with bitshopper silkscreens and a bit of manual jumpering I'd like to get rid of, first come first serve. PM if interested.

[leowonderful]

Forgot if I mentioned it here already, but I screwed up the bitshopper PCB order. Somehow I sent an old version of the gerber files out and left an error in 'em, so now I have a bunch of PCBs that don't work. It's a simple fix but a fix nonetheless, so we're scrapping 'em and ordering new.

I did have a bunch already made and that's how I noticed the issue.

So I've got some black 2Pacs with bitshopper silkscreens and a bit of manual jumpering I'd like to get rid of, first come first serve. PM if interested.

PMed you. Even if they're broken I'll keep em for my collection- my working gekko has been hashing away since it's got to me without any issues. All fine


Edit : as post below said, the miners work perfectly fine, they just have manual jumpers in them. Don't make the same mistake I made reading that post!

[sidehack]

Just to make it clear, since I see I didn't actually say this - the bitshopper "seconds" sticks are fully functional, just they have a small wire jumper on 'em to make them work. But work they do.

[Biodom]

^^^you'll have to look very very closely to see the hairline difference in those.

I always wanted different colors, so I am grabbing a couple before they disappear or will be sent to EU (eventually).
It is like a collection item (to me), plus i will get them earlier than EU  .

TL;DR

Several sticks that sidehack is talking about are visually different (black coloring scheme) vs the rest, which are green

[sidehack]

They also have a small jumper soldered on, like in the prototype pics (you can see it to the left of the buck chip in the bottom right corner). And yes, they're black. And darn sexy. MacEntyre has good taste.

Additionally, I have updated the sales and shipping queues. Two more large orders going out today. More chips arrived earlier than expected so bulk manufacture will resume on Monday. With any luck I'll have the next big order and several small orders out next Friday.

[leowonderful]

Bitshopper 2pac came in today, decked out fully in black except for the white heatsink and as promised I really can't tell the difference between that and my normal 2pac! I'll be posting images of the bitshopper, normal US and Canada 2pac, and compac later when I have time. Great stuff! Sidehack's delivers yet again, by buying some of them you are helping him recoup some of the cost from these slightly modified 2pacs.



Here they are! Unfortunately I have a bad phone and camera so it's not the best.

Besides this the two miners are the same, I do prefer the Bitshopper ones though as the black really fits the components on the back

[Biodom]

Thanks, got my four sticks=2 US (green) and 2 EU style (black)

https://i.imgur.com/4SHbuDP.jpg

here is more:
back side of the EU stick (a tiny speck inside the red oval is what sidehack was talking about...nothing, essentially, as far as esthetics is concerned)
https://i.imgur.com/6URb2Oyl.jpg

front (EU stick)
https://i.imgur.com/6rNVenal.jpg

Not sure if sidehack has any more more of these, though.
Did not run the sticks yet as I want to use something special with them and just came back from work.
Might do it tomorrow.

[sidehack]

Yeah, those black sticks are darn sexy.

I have more asked for right now than I have ready to go, but I've got a box of 'em I need to either get going or strip. Honestly it's about the same amount of work either way, but selling 'em off is the way that gets paid. It's secondary to getting green sticks done and out of course, so no guarantees on time.

[itsrealfast]

Looks like the Black EU ones have insufficient solder on the USB hold down tabs...Quality is everything

Thanks, got my four sticks=2 US (green) and 2 EU style (black)

https://i.imgur.com/4SHbuDP.jpg

here is more:
back side of the EU stick (a tiny speck inside the red oval is what sidehack was talking about...nothing, essentially, as far as esthetics is concerned)

https://i.imgur.com/6URb2Oyl.jpg

front (EU stick)

https://i.imgur.com/6rNVenal.jpg

Not sure if sidehack has any more more of these, though.
Did not run the sticks yet as I want to use something special with them and just came back from work.
Might do it tomorrow.

[sidehack]

Seconds. Discounted. Buy one and complain if it fails or GTFO.

[matt11235]

Am I going to have to pay a ton for BitShopper to deliver to the UK?

Looks like the Black EU ones have insufficient solder on the USB hold down tabs...Quality is everything

Doesn't look too bad, if it did end up coming loose it's a 30 second fix.