Liquid Synergy Designs Inc. -ASIC mining hardware

[ik2013]

Batch 6 around the corner?

No need. First counter of 5000 chips, are down to when he places the order (to shorten the queue for us), then there will be a new counter that closes batch 5.

I have suggested to indicate 5000 chips available until order of batch 5. that later updates into 5000 chips remaining until closing of batch 5.

Let´s see if it changes..

and that being said, im sure he will do even up to a batch 100 if orders keep coming in at this pace.

I was a bit confused and thought Batch 5 had already been bought. I'm in three so I'm familiar with the purchase @ 5k policy. You might be right that the wording could be tweaked a bit to make that more clear. I think it is still a relevant question though, just how far will Steamboat take this? I for one would have gone insane by now trying to get this all sorted, he deserves a beer or 12 for taking it this far!

[Radamus]

My coins are coming in on Tuesday, then I'll be in for 16 (big spender, right?). Hope batch 5 lasts until then.

[synapseattack]

My coins are coming in on Tuesday, then I'll be in for 16 (big spender, right?). Hope batch 5 lasts until then.

I believe B5 started on Friday. Today(roughly) it hit the half way point. 6 days. You might cut it close. Good luck man

[bystander]

Hope I got this in before Batch 5 closes:

 I think the countdown is only until he's purchasing -- there's 5000 more chips in the batch (I think)

You're correct, it's the countdown.  I was a little confused by it at first, then Steamboat kindly explained it via email.  Probably would have only added a few more chips had I known, so this will probably suffice for now. 

[paulthetafy]

New order...

Chip amount: 32
Payment amount: 2.752 BTC
TX ID: 157c9d933e9b24599f5aec807f9cd03059e68b0f661ac060eab22849f707a2c4

Email sent with full details.

[hak8or]

Is there a possibility of buying just the components un-assembled? Meaning, just the chips, the PCB, and all the associated capacitors/connectors/resistors, so we do all the soldering ourselves?
Even better, is there an option of just the asic's and the PCB un-assembled so we purchase all the passives and whatnot ourselves and solder it together ourselves??

[kronut]

Thank you for the opportunity,

Chip amount: 64
Payment amount: 5.504 BTC

Details have been e-mailed.

[ik2013]

Is there a possibility of buying just the components un-assembled? Meaning, just the chips, the PCB, and all the associated capacitors/connectors/resistors, so we do all the soldering ourselves?
Even better, is there an option of just the asic's and the PCB un-assembled so we purchase all the passives and whatnot ourselves and solder it together ourselves??

IIRC Steamboat mentioned a few pages back this would be possible. Of course you could always have the PCBs fabbed yourself through OSHPark (or similar) and pickup the components yourself, leaving just the chip order with Steamboat. I personally LOVE OSHPark, the boards are always great quality. $10 a sq/inch for 4 layer boards might seem steep but you get three copies of the board for that price!
http://www.oshpark.com/pricing

FYI BKKcoins does not have final board files available yet but when he does they will appear here most likely: https://github.com/bkkcoins/klondike/tree/master/kicad/k16/plots

[rtt]

Chip amount: 32
Payment amount: 2.752 BTC

e-mail is forthcoming
thanks!

[bigbeninlondon]

Transaction sent: 25 chips / 2.15 btc
TX ID:  88b60f35226aaf1987d27fedf6d20f97029a23edd8995b2577a5f23fba61ced1

Email sent.

Thank you!

[chsados]

Fully Assembled Unit:
The fully assembled unit, including all necessary hardware, is $133.5, to be paid in BTC.

Does this price reflect per 16 chip unit?  Or per any amount of chipped unit?

[steamboat]

Is there a possibility of buying just the components un-assembled? Meaning, just the chips, the PCB, and all the associated capacitors/connectors/resistors, so we do all the soldering ourselves?
Even better, is there an option of just the asic's and the PCB un-assembled so we purchase all the passives and whatnot ourselves and solder it together ourselves??

This may be a possibility. Creating full DIY kits requires a considerable amount of time, and depending on the option chosen for parts sourcing, may not be an option. All requests are being taken into consideration, but ultimately the most cost effective, quickest solution for the majority of the orders will take precedence. 

[ScaryHash]

Fully Assembled Unit:
The fully assembled unit, including all necessary hardware, is $133.5, to be paid in BTC.

Does this price reflect per 16 chip unit?  Or per any amount of chipped unit?

You have to have your own chips or have participated in one of the group buys on this thread. That price is only for assembly with YOUR chips.

On another note Steamboat, I'm assuming that the dollar amount for the assembly (whichever one) service will be based on the Mt. Gox price for the day we send you the BTC?

Or as the time gets closer are you going to just call it 1BTC or 1.1 BTC (or whatever)?

[lithiumfinn]

Thanks again for putting all of this together!

Chip amount: 16
Assembly: Fully assembled + testing
Payment amount: 1.376 BTC
TX ID:  0abc977fbf0532d09c941a57f8db8202ae3e2cc02082b14aac72b5d0a49992d8
Email sent.

[RinaMar]

heh finally got whitelisted to post

My Bitcoins are coming on Wed June 12th. I hope there are 64 chips left for me.

My bad for not finding out about this thread sooner. I have been looking into many ASIC possibilities. I was happy about kncminer until their last announcement now i have written them off.

thanks for all of this Steamboat.

[KS]

heh finally got whitelisted to post

My Bitcoins are coming on Wed June 12th. I hope there are 64 chips left for me.

My bad for not finding out about this thread sooner. I have been looking into many ASIC possibilities. I was happy about kncminer until their last announcement now i have written them off.

thanks for all of this Steamboat.

OMG, a KNC escapee!

Break a leg on the chips - though you might be part of the next batch, things move quite fast so not a real issue.

[TomKeddie]

Is there a possibility of buying just the components un-assembled? Meaning, just the chips, the PCB, and all the associated capacitors/connectors/resistors, so we do all the soldering ourselves?
Even better, is there an option of just the asic's and the PCB un-assembled so we purchase all the passives and whatnot ourselves and solder it together ourselves??

This may be a possibility. Creating full DIY kits requires a considerable amount of time, and depending on the option chosen for parts sourcing, may not be an option. All requests are being taken into consideration, but ultimately the most cost effective, quickest solution for the majority of the orders will take precedence.  

The best way to do this would be to roll the whole thing yourself.  The circuit will be stable long before the chips arrive.  Get a set of boards made for $25 at iteadstudio, order all the parts from Mouser or Digikey and you have a kit.  Someone might even create a BOM at one of these two so you can order in just a few clicks.  It really isn't worth the hassle of assembling kits, the large online component sellers do a much better job for much less.

I don't think anyone is going to write instructions for assembly but perhaps I'm wrong.  If you can mount the ASICs yourself, the rest is a piece of cake.

*edit* I would do this except I don't want to screw up the mounting of the ASICs.  I'm planning on making some K1s by hand with my extra chips if they aren't used up.

[cp1]

heh finally got whitelisted to post

My Bitcoins are coming on Wed June 12th. I hope there are 64 chips left for me.

My bad for not finding out about this thread sooner. I have been looking into many ASIC possibilities. I was happy about kncminer until their last announcement now i have written them off.

thanks for all of this Steamboat.

Next Wednesday will probably have to be in the next batch.  I wonder how many batches steamboat will handle.  if you need coins faster you should try localbitcoins.

[TomKeddie]

Looking at the pricing it seems the only testing optional will be with the fully assembled miner.  I find this odd because most manufacturers will test a PCB assembly before fitting all the heatsinks etc to reduce the cost of rework.  They'll also use a jig to test.  I guess the issue here is that this board is hard to test without a heatsink?  Perhaps two levels of testing can be offered, a sanity test (power, trace continuity etc but no mining) and a bake in test?   Perhaps we can write some code to just mine one share and shutdown the clocks, this could be ok without a heatsink?

[CoinSphere]

Just so I am clear... and I know this has been asked, but I really like the reassurance. If I want 2 fully assembled units I can pay for the 32 chips up front then at a later time pay for the rest assembly and testing later. Correct?