The Chili – 30+GH/s BFL based Bitcoin Miner Assembly

[Keefe]

MrTeal/ChipGeek: How high off the board is the top of the chips? And how thick is the pcb?

[Keefe]

Just for everyone's info: I ordered the Hyper 212 EVO coolers from bitcoinstore.com and they shipped them the same day from Bloomington CA so I received them the very next day. The price was an unbeatable $27.94 each including shipping. Compare to Amazon at $33.24.

I ordered parts from various places for adapting this cooler to the Chili board, and as soon as I can confirm they will fit well, I'll offer to sell adapter kits. It would be something like 4 each of screws, spacers, and standoffs, for about $3 per set plus shipping.

[jelin1984]

any news about the boards?
is ready?

[MrTeal]

MrTeal/ChipGeek: How high off the board is the top of the chips? And how thick is the pcb?

According to my calipers, 1.21mm off the top of the board. The PCB is standard 63 mil.

[MrTeal]

any news about the boards?
is ready?

As ChipGeek mentioned a few days ago, we've had a bit of a schedule slip. Along with a few other issues that have cropped up related to assembly but also due to the different behavior of the RevB chips vs the RevA samples that required some firmware changes.
The boards are now coming off the line though and programming and test should be getting underway as we speak, so there is still the possibility of getting some of them out the door today. For the majority though they won't be able to ship until next week.

We apologize for not being able to get them out this week; it was looking good for it when we got everything in on Monday. We'll do everything in our power to ensure that they do get out as soon as possible though.

[mmmerlin]

any news about the boards?
is ready?

As ChipGeek mentioned a few days ago, we've had a bit of a schedule slip. Along with a few other issues that have cropped up related to assembly but also due to the different behavior of the RevB chips vs the RevA samples that required some firmware changes.
The boards are now coming off the line though and programming and test should be getting underway as we speak, so there is still the possibility of getting some of them out the door today. For the majority though they won't be able to ship until next week.

We apologize for not being able to get them out this week; it was looking good for it when we got everything in on Monday. We'll do everything in our power to ensure that they do get out as soon as possible though.

I think every one here realises what an awesome job you two are doing, and people cannot possibly be unaware of the how this project has unfolded timeline-wise compared to, let's just say, "some other notable examples". If they are, then their opinions probably aren't worth worrying about too much.

Personally I am blown away by how well this has gone. 

[MrTeal]

I think every one here realises what an awesome job you two are doing, and people cannot possibly be unaware of the how this project has unfolded timeline-wise compared to, let's just say, "some other notable examples". If they are, then their opinions probably aren't worth worrying about too much.

Personally I am blown away by how well this has gone. 

Thanks Merlin.

Here's a little teaser, hopefully it's a bit of a consolation.

[Bargraphics]

I think every one here realises what an awesome job you two are doing, and people cannot possibly be unaware of the how this project has unfolded timeline-wise compared to, let's just say, "some other notable examples". If they are, then their opinions probably aren't worth worrying about too much.

Personally I am blown away by how well this has gone. 

Thanks Merlin.

Here's a little teaser, hopefully it's a bit of a consolation.

Drool*

[djjacket]

I think every one here realises what an awesome job you two are doing, and people cannot possibly be unaware of the how this project has unfolded timeline-wise compared to, let's just say, "some other notable examples". If they are, then their opinions probably aren't worth worrying about too much.

Personally I am blown away by how well this has gone. 

Thanks Merlin.

Here's a little teaser, hopefully it's a bit of a consolation.

Very nice...  320 BFL mounted chips!

So, for clarity, the firmware issue has been resolved and these devices need programming and testing?

[mmmerlin]

Here's a little teaser, hopefully it's a bit of a consolation.

I think I just hashed in my pants... Nothing like a good bit of ASIC pr0n 

[mmmerlin]

Is there any chance of a link to where you got those PCB racks btw? I could do with quite a few...

[jelin1984]

look great

[Spieder]

Mr. Teal,

Any chance you have an update on when we can send in our chips for batch 2? I got my chips from Canary today. Thx.

[nexus99]

I think I saw my two boards in that photo!

[jelin1984]

Me too

[ryanb]

i have chips when can i order a board?

[oldbushie]

I'm perplexed as to what I can mount the PCI-e cards on... most PCI-e racks are angled and probably not stable when you add a fan, and I can't find a backplane with dummy slots that I can just buy one of.

[crazydownloaded]

Just for everyone's info: I ordered the Hyper 212 EVO coolers from bitcoinstore.com and they shipped them the same day from Bloomington CA so I received them the very next day. The price was an unbeatable $27.94 each including shipping. Compare to Amazon at $33.24.

It's actually (a little bit) cheaper at Amazon when you include taxes+shipping (which are already included at Amazon)

[agibby5]

I have chips ready to ship from Canary, but I haven't gotten an email response back from MrTeal.

[ryanb]

I have chips ready to ship from Canary, but I haven't gotten an email response back from MrTeal.

i would like to know that as well
i have my chips