Who likes pod miners?

[in2tactics]

Sounds like things are going well. Not that it matters at this point, but I like the USB A option.

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[sidehack]

Hopefully that image is visible.

So I've verified that all the hashing parts of the current version board still work, which is good because I moved basically everything around.

In the front left corner you can see holes for a 4-position header. That's where 5V comes out to power a Pi, and it'll be replaced with some kind of USB jack.

You can also see the empty pads for the 8-SOIC where the microcontroller would go if I hadn't bypassed it on this one. That guy would control fan speed and automatically power-cycle the chips if the string locks up or overheats.

Free space on the board is getting pretty tight so it'll be fun figuring out the last few tweaks. All the jacks and such are final positions, and the board is final size, so this is a decent representation of the form-factor. The future Bitfury pod will be mechanically compatible.

I'll be sending a few out to established resellers and my coders as samples, working up about a dozen more that'll probably be for sale on here in a few weeks. Whenever I have time, things are pretty backed up here.

But that's the present state of things.

[leowonderful]

Image isn't visible, but thanks for trying (I assume that is a pic of the miner?). Better having a lot on the miner and effort than the low-quality crap most big miner manufacturers put out nowadays. I like the heat failsafe, hopefully it actually works unlike some Antminers that don't stop the miner above the set temperature 50% of the time  

The link is here for all of you guys that want to view it: (http://i648.photobucket.com/albums/uu202/sidehack128/Terminus_R808_V0_2.jpg
Still doesn't work for some reason, saying you need to upgrade your account for third party viewing. Maybe it's just me?

[sidehack]

Weird, it was never a problem before. Including four months ago when I started this thread. Had that account for the better part of a decade, rarely gets used, but my upload at the shop is low enough that if I host photos on my own server they don't load right on here half the time. Guess I'll go back to doing that. Grumble grumble free service grumble grumble.

The temp sensor on this miner is right in the center of the board, underneath the heatsink with the chips, so it should read more accurately than, say, the S5 temp sensor. The cutoff is also imiplemented in microcontroller firmware on the board, certainly more failure-proof than a check box on a cgi webconfig jumping through various loops to an OS interfacing with half a dozen hardware something-or-others.

[Vertikar]

The link is here for all of you guys that want to view it: (http://i648.photobucket.com/albums/uu202/sidehack128/Terminus_R808_V0_2.jpg
Still doesn't work for some reason, saying you need to upgrade your account for third party viewing. Maybe it's just me?

The link seems to work if you copy and paste it..

[Unacceptable]

Photobucket has turned to shit,don't use em anymore............imgur is more stable 

[AJRGale]

photobucket wants you to pay $499/year to share photos to 3rd parties/hotlink them.

Because of this, 85% of the forums/internet now have "please upgrade your account for 3rd party hosting" image.
to bad if they were images from 15 years ago, that person may not be alive to "upgrade your account"

which really help a lot when you need images to show what screw/bolt/wire you need to budge

upload the image to here, or use imgur... till they sell out like photobucket.. I don't think Sarah and Alan (both owners of imgur) will drop their baby, but money dose change minds..

[Biffa]

postimg.org is also a good free site I've used for years. You can either open an account and manage your images or just upload and get a link with no account. Clean interface without intrusive ads.

[Morguk]

Maybe get some of these in next year, they said they are selling to public http://ir.gmo.jp/en/pdf/irlibrary/disclose_info20170907_e.pdf

[sidehack]

If they're doing 7nm, they sure as shootin' won't be available next year.

[QuintLeo]

If they're doing 7nm, they sure as shootin' won't be available next year.

 Tail end of 2018 perhaps - but VERY unlikely.

 Note that Intel has been working on their 10nm process for YEARS longer than anyone has been working on 7nm, and STILL has not released their first 10nm product (though I think they DID finally announce a fairly firm "when" date recently).

 There has also been quite a bit of industry-wide talk about how "7nm" from different folks is likely to show a TON of variation on real feature size and projected efficiency.
 The recent TSMC "12nm" process that is actually nothing more than a minor upgrade of their previous "16nm" process work that DID NOT CHANGE THE ACTUAL FEATURE SIZE is a specific example.

 It's also good to keep track of previous "available when" vs "actually producing chips" history - 14/16nm in particular was supposedly available almost 2 YEARS before actual PRODUCTION chips started rolling off the lines into products.





 

[sidehack]

Had some time today that I might have finished up what I hope is the final revision of the BM1384 Terminus. I'll try and get some time to look over it this weekend, verify all the connections and prep it for a short order of boards.

If everything works, it'll codify the Terminus form-factor which will be used for future designs because I like compatibility.

Right now we're looking at a trimpot for voltage adjustment, which can be built for top or side adjust. I like top adjust for an open build, but side adjust would be more accessible if it's going in a case (which some resellers are going to want). Both a 6-pin PCIe and a barrel jack for 12V power. Mini USB for signal to the controller. USB-A jack for 5V output for powering a Pi-style controller. Screw hole in each corner for mounting in a case if desired. Should be pretty nice.

If it's good to go, that relaxes BM1384 dev needs and I can shift focus back to Bitfury in whatever R&D time I'm able to glean outside manufacture.

[Valnurat]

Sounds very promising.  

EDIT:
Btw, the link in your 1st post is not working. Would it be to much to ask if you could get it to work? 

[sidehack]

The link is to a pool stats for a prototype miner I had hooked up at the time. Now it'd be all zeroes anyways.

[sidehack]

What I hope is the final version PCB has been ordered.

I've also got chip sources secured that'll keep me rolling for at least the rest of the year. That's good news because these pods eat 8 chips each.

If the final version works as expected, that'll solidify the Terminus form-factor. Any future pod will be built to the same physical specs, so any cases or custom whatever-the-heck will work for them too.

Optmizer is finalizing the buck design that'll be used on Bitfury gear, which is cool. Hopefully I can get something laid out and tested soon.

[Valnurat]

Yay!!!

[ZedZedNova]

That's good news. Looking forward to the Terminus and BF gear.

[Morguk]

What I hope is the final version PCB has been ordered.

I've also got chip sources secured that'll keep me rolling for at least the rest of the year. That's good news because these pods eat 8 chips each.

If the final version works as expected, that'll solidify the Terminus form-factor. Any future pod will be built to the same physical specs, so any cases or custom whatever-the-heck will work for them too.

Optmizer is finalizing the buck design that'll be used on Bitfury gear, which is cool. Hopefully I can get something laid out and tested soon.

Good news, been waiting for this puppy to drop. Will they be going to the usual distributors? Will Bitshopper have his own version like he did with the compacs?

[KeezAZA]

Any updates on the pods?

[sidehack]

I haven't gotten notification that the PCBs ordered on the 14th have shipped yet so there's been no progress.