Discontinued: Lancelot (Heavy Duty 400 Mega hashes, 2 x FPGA Mining Board)

[blackarrow]

Hello everybody!

My company, Black Arrow Software http://www.blackarrowsoftware.com, has just started manufacturing Lancelot FPGAs - aprox 400Mhash/sec, using 26.5 Watt

The Lancelot device was developed by ngzhang. Details in this thread: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=79835.0

You can purchase it from our reseller's website: http://www.cardreaderfactory.com/shop/lancelot.html

Price: $350 / pcs. Discounts available for more than 10 pcs.

Stock clearance: $250/pcs, $225 for more than 10 pcs.

These power supplies: http://www.cardreaderfactory.com/shop/bitcoin/power-supplies.html can be used to power multiple Lancelot devices as described (sold separately).

06/05/2013: Device update:
We've replaced the huge fans which were generating a lot of noise with smaller fans that are very silent.

05/06/2013: Stock update:
1st batch shipped on 4th of May (small batch)
2nd batch shipped on 13th of May (medium batch)
3rd batch shipped on 27th-29th of May (medium batch)
4th batch shipped on 13th of June (small batch)
--->> 5th batch ships on 27th of June (large batch, should clear all queue, includes group manufacturing)
6th batch canceled due to low demand.

15/09/2013
Lancelot has been discontinued in favor of Prospero X-1 and Prospero X-3.

22/05/2013: User manual
Download from here: https://www.cardreaderfactory.com/download/documentation/lancelot%20user%20manual.pdf

02/05/2013: Shipping fee
Contrary to what our website says, shipping will not be $70!
It can be cheaper: As many of you have noticed, we have credited your account with us for the shipping difference (if we managed to get the shipping fee lower than $70). We can refund the shipping difference in bitcoins or you can use it for your next order.
Or it can be more expensive: If your package is heavy, we will ask you to pay the difference.

Payment: We accept Bitcoin, Bitcoin Escrow, Western Union and Bank Transfer.
If you haven't placed your order yet, please do so online and do _not_ pay for it. We will send you a payment reminder as soon as your order is in stock.

Bitcoin exchange rate:
When you place your order, please tell us what is the rate that you want to exchange your Bitcoins for. We will submit your transaction in MtGox as advised. If it gets executed, we will consider your payment complete and ship your order. If it doesn't get executed (example: Bitcoin value is lower) we will postpone shipping your order and, if requested, we can issue a refund with the same amount of Bitcoins that you've paid and cancel your order.
Note: In Mt. Gox we will submit your requested rate + 1% 1.5% so we can recover Mt. Gox's exchange fee and bank transfer fee.

Shipping: We are based in Shenzhen, local pickup available. We can also ship worldwide with DHL, UPS and EMS. Shipping price depends on the destination and package weight. Our website is configured to charge $70 flat fee but we'll update this as soon as we hear back from DHL/UPS.

30/04/2013: Performance update:
Due to limited availability of -3N  and -3 xilinx FPGA we will be using -2 chips too. We have tested them and have no impact in the performance of the boards (see picture below). If you really want -3 chips do let us know and we'll hold your order until we manage to get some -3 chips.



Our lancelot without the cooler:



Fan is included. At the moment is quite big and we're looking into how improve this.

The default firmware is running at 200mhz.

The power consumption is 26.5 Watt / device.





Regards!

[newfrozzen]

Nice Work

[blackarrow]

Thank you.

All our thanks go to to ngzhang who has developed the pcb and part of the fpga code and ztex who have developed the fpga code.

[Schrankwand]

How fast can you guys deliver?

[silverston]

What do you think can be ordered or not.
I chose to pay for Bitcoins, just send me an address for payment ... What are the guarantees that I will get the parcel?

[dtmcnamara]

Interested in some if they can be delivered this month. Also price cut for no fans as well? Very interested in 10-20 units

[Adamlm]

How fast can you guys deliver?

yes, does "in-stock" in your store mean that they're ready to be send the next day after purchase ??

[baad]

Good to know, thanks.

[dani]

Hi,

when I chose "DHL/UPS (1-4 days) - $70.00" it says 1-4 days?

You are based in china, I am in germany. No way you will deliver within 4 days. But if anyhow you can ensure this delivery date i will happily order.

[blackarrow]

How fast can you guys deliver?

We have just completed our test run (4 pcs). We have started the production of 110 pcs and they should be ready next week but we cannot guarantee due to 1-3 May being holidays in China.
Once they are in stock (4-10 days from now) we will ship them with DHL or UPS and will be delivered in (1-4 days).

Thank you for your patience.

Please place your order online if you wish to purchase some.

[blackarrow]

What do you think can be ordered or not.
I chose to pay for Bitcoins, just send me an address for payment ... What are the guarantees that I will get the parcel?

We can use bitcoin escrow on request.

[blackarrow]

Interested in some if they can be delivered this month. Also price cut for no fans as well? Very interested in 10-20 units

We'll do our best to ship your order this month.

[blackarrow]

yes, does "in-stock" in your store mean that they're ready to be send the next day after purchase ??

We had 4 in stock but they were just sold. Due to a misconfiguration of the website, it wouldn't allow customer to place pre-orders . It should be fixed now.
We should have 110 pcs next week.

[blackarrow]

Hi,

when I chose "DHL/UPS (1-4 days) - $70.00" it says 1-4 days?

You are based in china, I am in germany. No way you will deliver within 4 days. But if anyhow you can ensure this delivery date i will happily order.

Do not worry, UPS does deliver within 2-3 days to Germany.

[BR0KK]

interested in one or two

[blackarrow]

interested in one or two

Please place the order online. The earliest shipment will be 31st of April but it might be delayed until the week 6-10 of May. We do not require your payment right now. you can pay when the products are in stock.

[blackarrow]

Note: We have updated the power supply policy in order to save on the shipping costs. All orders placed until now will receive 1 power supply for each lancelot, as promised.

[Schrankwand]

Hi,

when I chose "DHL/UPS (1-4 days) - $70.00" it says 1-4 days?

You are based in china, I am in germany. No way you will deliver within 4 days. But if anyhow you can ensure this delivery date i will happily order.

Dani, want to split cost?

I am thinking about ordering, but 70 are crazy. Based in NRW. If you are interested, lets try to get a ten piece group buy. I have no rep so we should probably get someone else to do the ordering though. I'd be in, but I am pretty new, hagve no rep and fronting 3k + Zollgebühren isn't really my wettest dream

[fhh]

Do not worry, UPS does deliver within 2-3 days to Germany.

what about customs?
any experience with UPS?
whats the declaration?

[dani]

Hi,

when I chose "DHL/UPS (1-4 days) - $70.00" it says 1-4 days?

You are based in china, I am in germany. No way you will deliver within 4 days. But if anyhow you can ensure this delivery date i will happily order.

Dani, want to split cost?

I am thinking about ordering, but 70 are crazy. Based in NRW. If you are interested, lets try to get a ten piece group buy. I have no rep so we should probably get someone else to do the ordering though. I'd be in, but I am pretty new, hagve no rep and fronting 3k + Zollgebühren isn't really my wettest dream

thanks for the offer, I was already thinking about 10 myself. I didnt think about VAT and Zoll, this makes this pretty much.. a no deal, i guess. it will be 300$ + 21% = 363$ although i got a 10+ price of 300$ each. + 7$ a unit shipping when I order 10. grml..

Guys, make them cheaper!