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April 29, 2017, 04:06:52 PM |
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quiet is good but stability is more important to me...just my 2 coppers. Also great job progressing along...can hardly wait to get one to do my fraggle rock test on. lol
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April 29, 2017, 04:53:41 PM |
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Once I have samples of the new PCB in hand and they're tested to work, I may do a "limited first run" sale of them, maybe a dozen or so, to put toward a full batch. <raises hand> Sign me up for one ![Smiley](https://bitcointalk.org/Smileys/default/smiley.gif)
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April 29, 2017, 05:57:44 PM |
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Id love one
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April 29, 2017, 06:33:38 PM |
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I think there'll be room for it but no guarantees yet, but I'm gonna look into putting a small buck on there instead of a linear regulator for 5V needs (USB, LEDs etc). That would increase the cost slightly but would also increase efficiency slightly - and the real significance is that would increase the 5V current capacity without something catching on fire, so I could put a header on there that one could use to power a Pi without requiring a second adapter. Be handy for a more standalone setup, especially if your Pi had wireless, which I think Biodom among others has been pushing for.
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April 29, 2017, 11:44:08 PM |
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I think there'll be room for it but no guarantees yet, but I'm gonna look into putting a small buck on there instead of a linear regulator for 5V needs (USB, LEDs etc). That would increase the cost slightly but would also increase efficiency slightly - and the real significance is that would increase the 5V current capacity without something catching on fire, so I could put a header on there that one could use to power a Pi without requiring a second adapter. Be handy for a more standalone setup, especially if your Pi had wireless, which I think Biodom among others has been pushing for.
looking forward to using this gear.
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April 30, 2017, 12:37:24 AM |
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In line for 1 or 2. I like the idea to be able to power a Pi, clean setup
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April 30, 2017, 01:44:20 AM |
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Couple more tweaks to the buck and I just hit 325MHz. It's running off a Pi right now, gonna take it home and see how it fares - see if the fan's annoying, if temps stay reasonable, whatever.
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April 30, 2017, 02:07:13 AM |
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Probably just a standard 4-pin header with 5V and ground, should be easy to make that work.
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April 30, 2017, 02:21:35 AM |
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I am running my 2pac and my compac on a sff hp m700 it has an i7 in it and I am cpu mining XMR with it. that turns a very small daily profit. so it ends up being a little better then a rasp pi. I make a few pennies a day running the pc mining the cpu. and I lose a few mining the sticks. but the sticks are pointed at mmpool.org which gives the tx fees to the person thatchiest a block. So basically I have a free chance on every block to win its tx fees. adding a few pods would get me up to maybe 300gh and still kind of be in the free shot at tx fees on every block made. If I go solo i don''t earn on the hash. but mmpool.org lets me earn some btc and the cpu lets me earn some xmr
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April 30, 2017, 10:09:43 AM |
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Hi Sidehack, I'd love to be in this first test batch. Please save me one!
Regarding noise, it's definitely important but I like the previous recommendations you gave for the compac. If it's under X frequency probably no fan, if over X then probably need a fan. I'll be using a fan so noise is not important to me.
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May 01, 2017, 09:59:54 PM |
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Id probably be interested in one as well. would be personally interested to see how far the chips could be pushed ignoring normal thermal constraints
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May 01, 2017, 10:05:38 PM |
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I'm most certainly interested in one (or three!) I've already got a fan mount printed up to try out.
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May 03, 2017, 04:28:28 AM |
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So 2Pac assembly is going so fast now that tomorrow I'll be out of a job again until I get more chips (don't worry, they're already on the way) so I should be able to spend more time on Terminus R&D.
Now my original plan was to build a pod miner in the 50-100W range, and the Terminus was going to be a half-scale pod in the 30-60W range. But my current prototype is already good for more than 60W. Thing is, the full-size BF16 pod was intended to have 11 chips (I know that's a crazy number but there are reasons) and the recommended clock for 'em is at about 6W each, so an 11-chip pod would push around 75-80W at the top anyway. Shoot, the Terminus can handle that heat already.
So here's what I think I'll do.
I think I'll continue the Terminus formfactor as the defacto pod miner, with an expected power range 30-80 watts. However, it'll take the Amita product name that I've always intended for a pod miner. If you know the source material, it makes more sense for the Compac and Amita to be small and the Terminus and TypeZero (the S1-5 refit boards) to be big anyways.
So I'll look into the Amita pod having 11 chips, and a Terminus with 22 chips in more of a New R-Box type thing running up to 150W or thereabouts. The TypeZero boards will have 33 chips per board, so 66 per miner.
I don't know about y'all but that makes sense to me. Anyways I'll be spending most of this week ironing out the remaining kinks with the BM1384 pod, whatever it wants to be called.
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May 03, 2017, 05:46:25 AM |
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Sounds like things are going full speed. Nice to hear 2pac production has been ironed out and the minions training finally paying off Cant comment on the naming of the products as I cant remember what they all come from (although i know its been mentioned somewhere 🤔).
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May 03, 2017, 09:06:31 AM |
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It sounds like things are working themselves out. The target wattage range sounds good.
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Current HW: 2x Apollo, 2x Apollo BTC, 2x Apollo II Retired HW: 3x 2PAC, 3x Moonlander 2, 2x AntMiner S7-LN, 5x AntMiner U1, 2x ASICMiner Block Erupter Cube, 4x AntMiner S3, 4x AntMiner S1, GAW Black Widow, and ZeusMiner Thunder X6
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May 03, 2017, 11:00:15 AM |
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I'm really looking forward to picking up a few of these.
Keep up the good work Sidehack!
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May 03, 2017, 05:27:11 PM |
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I want the BF16 Miner for compensation. ![Smiley](https://bitcointalk.org/Smileys/default/smiley.gif) Thanks for the hard work, I have 10 2pacs on ckpool. oh well.
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May 03, 2017, 09:16:45 PM |
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Sounds like a good plan Sidehack. I certainly want the Amita as I need to keep on the lower side of power consumption.
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May 03, 2017, 11:17:18 PM Last edit: May 04, 2017, 03:15:41 AM by NotFuzzyWarm |
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So 2Pac assembly is going so fast now that tomorrow I'll be out of a job again until I get more chips (don't worry, they're already on the way) so I should be able to spend more time on Terminus R&D.
Now my original plan was to build a pod miner in the 50-100W range, and the Terminus was going to be a half-scale pod in the 30-60W range. But my current prototype is already good for more than 60W. Thing is, the full-size BF16 pod was intended to have 11 chips (I know that's a crazy number but there are reasons) and the recommended clock for 'em is at about 6W each, so an 11-chip pod would push around 75-80W at the top anyway. Shoot, the Terminus can handle that heat already.
So here's what I think I'll do.
I think I'll continue the Terminus formfactor as the defacto pod miner, with an expected power range 30-80 watts. However, it'll take the Amita product name that I've always intended for a pod miner. If you know the source material, it makes more sense for the Compac and Amita to be small and the Terminus and TypeZero (the S1-5 refit boards) to be big anyways.
So I'll look into the Amita pod having 11 chips, and a Terminus with 22 chips in more of a New R-Box type thing running up to 150W or thereabouts. The TypeZero boards will have 33 chips per board, so 66 per miner.
I don't know about y'all but that makes sense to me. Anyways I'll be spending most of this week ironing out the remaining kinks with the BM1384 pod, whatever it wants to be called.
Or... To keep things simpler, maybe follow <heresy, I know> BFL's Single (or is it 2x of them together?): keep with the cube Terminus design and offer a dual version: Gotta admit -- it does look good ![Tongue](https://bitcointalk.org/Smileys/default/tongue.gif) ![](https://ip.bitcointalk.org/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2F8vJXjMqh.jpg&t=665&c=dAuULAervmjMSQ) As for Pi power, I agree header is best. Found that since regular micro usb cables use 2 data, 2 pwr setup and either my old RiPi-1 dinna know how to handle it or whatever but RiPi was not happy driving an Avalon dongle. Switched to a charger cable that I assume has all 4 wires tied to power at the standard USB-end and all is well. Using a wired-to header - possible issue solved.
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