FOR US ASSEMBLY PLEASE SEE - https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=203388.0


You pay only the deposit now, the rest when boards are complete
Please read the sites t&c's
http://www.evilminers.net


Any queries, concerns etc, please post, I will answer quickly

Proposed things to come on the site :-
Expanding to include k1 and k64 (after batch 1)
Expanding to include ArdulonMiner Shield (sample chip being sent to developer)
Expanding to include complete boards (inc chips) (when I can get a local supply)
Expanding to allow payments via chips (board price drops with chip donation) (after batch 1)


UPDATE - 17 June
Well logo failed to arrive....but im opening the site up
http://www.evilminers.net

UPDATE - 13 June
Ok Im setting up a website for the ordering process...
I need 100 boards min for first run.

Im going to be doing this with paypal, and im not taking full payment UNTIL boards are built.
Im going to say the boards will cost 60£, so ill be asking for 6£/board as a deposit.
This deposit will be non refundable, and will go to tooling and buying in the heatsinks

This is not the final price...but its close I feel...
So stand by for next update, announcing site

UPDATE - 11 June
Got another quote, again ex vat, ex heatsink, ex p&p

NON-RECURRING :
PCB Tooling                              180
SMT Screen                              220
Pick & Place Program                 188.64

Recurring
Setup and de-kit per run          238.35


10   x  Klondike 16 ASIC Miner Pcb           66.12 ea
100 x  Klondike 16 ASIC Miner Pcb           37.36 ea
200 x  Klondike 16 ASIC Miner Pcb           34.69 ea

 

UPDATE - 5 June
I have a decent quote at last..
Tooling 520gbp

boards - 1  - 168.50 ea
             10 - 59.49 ea
             100 - 43.20 ea

These are in gbp, not inc vat...and of course is subject to change, this does include all parts, but not the heatsink or the asic chips (obviously)

As the price of the boards is lower on the first 100, I suggest the tooling costs etc will be balanced into the costs, meaning the boards will be priced at the following :-
71.39 gbp (inc vat) + heatsink price + postage price
this equals 109.63 usd or 83.74 euro

The boards do need a firmware flashing, but I will sort this as part of my profits, and as stated a % of these profits will goto bkk for the design.

I have requests for quotes out for the heatsinks too


UPDATE - 4 June
Arrow technical is out, too expnsive....

850 gbp tooling, then around 200gbp a board

UPDATE - 3 June
Icon wont do a run of anything less than a batch of 50 boards....
Im getting a quote from them for these runs, but after initial run, I doubt I can use them long term.

Ive rang another today, called Anode, and have another 3 requests outstanding....
There is one left out atm, so still got wiggle room, within my area

Ive also contacted 2 more, slightly further afield but close to were I work rather than were I live


UPDATE - 31 May
Well good news bad news.....
GSPK and a few others have declined production, due to not having a pick n place machine able to do 0402 components, meaning over 200 parts would have to be hand placed...
GSPK hope they will have the ability in a few months, but cant quote on the board or the lead time for the machine.....
but
They have passed on the info to another local company, that I didnt know about, called icon, who do have an 0402 capable pick n place...
Ill also be ringing up a few other places around me today, Im just going a little further out for delivery, but this wont affect you guys
Im still working on this, and still have good hopes that everything will come off ok...

now onto the good news...
bkk has said in his klondike thread (for those not following it) that a k16 will be able to be under populated, as long as chips are in even numbers...
This means a k16 can be used for anything from 2 chips up, so you guys can get your spare chips mounted and hashing...
I feel there is an opportunity here to add chips at a later date, ie send board and chips back in, reflow the chips in place, send back....allowing for greater flexibility in expansion later.

Ill post more when I have more info

UPDATE - 24 May
Chasing down quotes...sadly due to personal circumstances progress got delayed
The quote at gspk has been handed off to gspk design, this also means I maybe be able to get solder mask from them, if I decide to bring this in house at a later date.

UPDATE - 15 May
Been onto another company (quick-teck) for pcb and assembly price...

This breaks down roughly to -
46.45£ (assembly) + 20£ pcb and parts meaning around 65£ each

or 76.48Euro
or 98.96usd

Bear in mind this is purely ball park figures atm

What about invoicing, VAT and using my own shipping account, for ex. ?

Interested

do you work together with someone selling chips to ?

Interested in this but sadly unless someone does have the chips easily in the UK then I'm kind of screwed

join the group buy :-
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=192916.0;topicseen

I suspect some have bought many chips to resell at profit in smaller batches...

I thought about it, and tbh if I had the spare gbp I poss would, but I dont....
You need upfront capital to invest in getting complete boards to market....


but then if I had the spare gbp, id setup my own pcb assembly line..

Well you need a computer to connect the board to I believe unless I'm wrong

bitcoinorama is correct, there are other bits n bats to think about, but as far as the boards go

to answer that :-
You will need to sort software, and housing for the boards
You will need to sort heat sink and fans for the boards (ill be looking into supplying them)
You will need to sort a PSU for the boards
You will need a USB lead

but this is similar to how fpga boards arrive....no fan, no case, no psu...and I see these as just an extension of these

Hey.
Where are you based? And what country would I have to send the chips to?
If in the Uk, where in the UK?