Agilmine - Your REAL Altcoin FPGA miner [Updated! 8/16]

[pikachuy]

hold on , i suspect some other driver files are missing for the fpga chip. since i always test it on PC with fpga development kit installed.
I will upload the file to share drive and share a link with you. sorry for trouble setting it up! i didn't realize would be that hard, will figure out a way to straight out the process

Tip: You should install a fresh copy of windows and start a setup guide from there, noting every thing you install/did to get your board running. It will help a lot of others once they purchase your board. Or else, you will have tons of questions from people.

[arm_race]

yes will try to replicate the issue on a "clean" PC tomorrow. 

hold on , i suspect some other driver files are missing for the fpga chip. since i always test it on PC with fpga development kit installed.
I will upload the file to share drive and share a link with you. sorry for trouble setting it up! i didn't realize would be that hard, will figure out a way to straight out the process

Tip: You should install a fresh copy of windows and start a setup guide from there, noting every thing you install/did to get your board running. It will help a lot of others once they purchase your board. Or else, you will have tons of questions from people.

[philipma1957]

yes will try to replicate the issue on a "clean" PC tomorrow.  

hold on , i suspect some other driver files are missing for the fpga chip. since i always test it on PC with fpga development kit installed.
I will upload the file to share drive and share a link with you. sorry for trouble setting it up! i didn't realize would be that hard, will figure out a way to straight out the process

Tip: You should install a fresh copy of windows and start a setup guide from there, noting every thing you install/did to get your board running. It will help a lot of others once they purchase your board. Or else, you will have tons of questions from people.

 I was going to tell him send me a working clone of win 10.

I have more then a dozen mobos I can use a working clone of win on.


Does not need to be activated win 10.

It also will let me break down. What the exact files to load are.  I could build a usb stick. Maybe 8 gb is all that is needed .  And load all software to it as a setup package.

[arm_race]

ok, let me try something tomorrow. it really shouldn't be that hard.. must be something simple missing.

yes will try to replicate the issue on a "clean" PC tomorrow.  

hold on , i suspect some other driver files are missing for the fpga chip. since i always test it on PC with fpga development kit installed.
I will upload the file to share drive and share a link with you. sorry for trouble setting it up! i didn't realize would be that hard, will figure out a way to straight out the process

Tip: You should install a fresh copy of windows and start a setup guide from there, noting every thing you install/did to get your board running. It will help a lot of others once they purchase your board. Or else, you will have tons of questions from people.

 I was going to tell him send me a working clone of win 10.

I have more then a dozen mobos I can use a working clone of win on.


Does not need to be activated win 10.

It also will let me break down. What the exact files to load are.  I could build a usb stick. Maybe 8 gb is all that is needed .  And load all software to it as a setup package.

[philipma1957]

I will be busy  for the next 8-9 hours.

Op and I have exchange emails and we think we found the missing driver.

If you look at my screenshot above there isn't any port section in the device manager. I hope to square this away by 10 pm east coast time.

Sorry for delay, but I have to do some real world business.


  Oh a 12 volt brick  was provided and on idle  the unit uses 3-4 watts on a kwatt meter.

I have the ability to feed  the unit from a modded atx  my guess is that will drop power use a lot as bricks suck for efficiency.

So if op is accurate about 25 watts  with a brick I should drop that to 21 watts with an atx plat.

[arm_race]

driver problem solved? awesome! sorry for the troubleshooting, i typically tested it on a linux machine, which naturally supports this device.. so i thought it would be easier to go with a win10.
that brick adapter i sent you definitely is not the power efficient one. i measured the power using a lab DC power supply , which should be fairly accurate, so you may see 28-30W there with that adapter. btw, the cheap fan i glued on the fpga would also draw 1W...

for sure you can use PC power supply for better efficiency. fyi, there are molex adapters like in the pic below. one can drive 2 miners no problme.

Thanks for the effort!

I will be busy  for the next 8-9 hours.

Op and I have exchange emails and we think we found the missing driver.

If you look at my screenshot above there isn't any port section in the device manager. I hope to square this away by 10 pm east coast time.

Sorry for delay, but I have to do some real world business.


  Oh a 12 volt brick  was provided and on idle  the unit uses 3-4 watts on a kwatt meter.

I have the ability to feed  the unit from a modded atx  my guess is that will drop power use a lot as bricks suck for efficiency.

So if op is accurate about 25 watts  with a brick I should drop that to 21 watts with an atx plat.

[ruplikminer]

ups says it comes on the 23rd.  if it does use 25 watts that is only 600 a day. which is only 18 kwatts a month at 10 cents that is 1.80 a month for power

the 1070ti is 150 watts or 21.60 a month for power. at 20 cents.

I pointed 2 1050ti's at nicehash to mine keccak  they do 600 mh  my rig pulls 188 watts  that means about 5 kwatts 

at 10 cents  = 50 cents on power   I earn 15 cents =  35 cents in the hole.

add  this 2 fpga  watts go to   238 = 6 kwatts maybe 7  hash is 2600  I earn 65 cents  with the two gpus and 2 fpgas

I spend about 60 cents  so I make a 5 cent profit.

 or better yet point them to cn7

the gpus alone use 50 cents power  and earn 34 cents mining loss of 16 cents

the 2 fpgas earn  50 cents
the 2 gpus earn    34 cents

you spend 60 cents at 10 cent power

you make 24 cents a day.

point the 2 1050tis at eth

the gpus alone use 50 cents  earn 49 cents  loss of 1 cent

2 fpgas earn  50 cents cost about 10 cents
2 gpus earn   49 cents cost about  50 cents

rig  makes 39 cents a day.  is it a lot no but a dead rig at 10 cent power becomes an earner.

do I think I want 100 fpgas no but a few yes  I do.

So I am will to help out.

Very interesting. It would be also interesting to compare price/profit/powerusage-cost with the bcu1525

[xs.over]

Useless thing in terms of ROI.
Nowadays is mainly only hardware manufacturers earn money in crypto mining sphere

If mining on these devices was profitable, then you would mine privately yourself using them, instead of trying to find customers who aren't a very familiar with math. I didn't mean to offend anyone.

[arm_race]

Useless thing in terms of ROI.
Nowadays is mainly only hardware manufacturers earn money in crypto mining sphere

If mining on these devices was profitable, then you would mine privately yourself using them, instead of trying to find customers who aren't a very familiar with math. I didn't mean to offend anyone.

there are already many people doing that, secretly, believe me, but my purpose is to build an affordable product that everyone has access to. besides, it is quite a hassle to build a farm, i enjoy more building a product.

if everyone just keep everything to him/herself (or a small group), what is the whole point of cryptocurrency?

[philipma1957]

I do not know about roi.

But I know one thing  drivers are loaded and I should get test done soon

now on the low end brick  I am mining crea coin pulling 33.6 watts

[arm_race]

I do not know about roi.

But I know one thing  drivers are loaded and I should get test done soon

now on the low end brick  I am mining crea coin pulling 33.6 watts

awesome you got it working.
yes that's possible, i haven't measured power from that adapter..
the hash rate should stay at 1Gh/s
anything else you want to test with?

[philipma1957]

I am going to make an address for crea and mine to it for 24 hours then try another algo .


pm me what algos you have available.



this is a new address for crea


CUuANV58HNTcjHgu6LhiRSqvt5GTbRTs6Q

http://creapool.club/workers


the address can be looked up at link

the pool calculator says I would earn about 50 cents a day.
  this gear on the brick uses  35 watt x 24 hours = 840 or .84 kwatts   that is 8.4 cents  and you earn 50 cents so you clear 50 -9 = 41 cents  that is 145 a year not the best for roi.  but not a power hog.

I will take photos  etc very soon.

[arm_race]

great, i will send you some instructions on how to re-program the fpga, hopefully there is no driver issue this time, i want to make sure first.
next time we can try XDAG.

I am going to make an address for crea and mine to it for 24 hours then try another algo .


pm me what algos you have available.



this is a new address for crea


CUuANV58HNTcjHgu6LhiRSqvt5GTbRTs6Q

http://creapool.club/workers


the address can be looked up at link

the pool calculator says I would earn about 50 cents a day.
  this gear on the brick uses  35 watt x 24 hours = 840 or .84 kwatts   that is 8.4 cents  and you earn 50 cents so you clear 50 -9 = 41 cents  that is 145 a year not the best for roi.  but not a power hog.

I will take photos  etc very soon.

[philipma1957]

great, i will send you some instructions on how to re-program the fpga, hopefully there is no driver issue this time, i want to make sure first.
next time we can try XDAG.

I am going to make an address for crea and mine to it for 24 hours then try another algo .


pm me what algos you have available.



this is a new address for crea


CUuANV58HNTcjHgu6LhiRSqvt5GTbRTs6Q

http://creapool.club/workers


the address can be looked up at link

the pool calculator says I would earn about 50 cents a day.
  this gear on the brick uses  35 watt x 24 hours = 840 or .84 kwatts   that is 8.4 cents  and you earn 50 cents so you clear 50 -9 = 41 cents  that is 145 a year not the best for roi.  but not a power hog.

I will take photos  etc very soon.

okay send them to me and I will try to setup on sat

[philipma1957]

Did a 9 minute video on you tube

will post link soon.





Your video will be live at: https://youtu.be/Yle13b1kgWo


should be ready in 10 minutes.


i EARNED ABOUT 4 crea

https://chainz.cryptoid.info/crea/address.dws?CUuANV58HNTcjHgu6LhiRSqvt5GTbRTs6Q.htm

i WILL DO NEXT ALGO shortly.

[arm_race]

Thank you for the good video! 
Let me know if you have trouble programming the fpga for other algo!

Did a 9 minute video on you tube

will post link soon.





Your video will be live at: https://youtu.be/Yle13b1kgWo


should be ready in 10 minutes.


i EARNED ABOUT 4 crea

https://chainz.cryptoid.info/crea/address.dws?CUuANV58HNTcjHgu6LhiRSqvt5GTbRTs6Q.htm

i WILL DO NEXT ALGO shortly.

[philipma1957]

Thank you for the good video! 
Let me know if you have trouble programming the fpga for other algo!

Did a 9 minute video on you tube

will post link soon.





Your video will be live at: https://youtu.be/Yle13b1kgWo


should be ready in 10 minutes.


i EARNED ABOUT 4 crea

https://chainz.cryptoid.info/crea/address.dws?CUuANV58HNTcjHgu6LhiRSqvt5GTbRTs6Q.htm

i WILL DO NEXT ALGO shortly.

I will have it running soon. Maybe tonight surely Sun morning.

[miki_cba]

nice nicee!! please do not forget people from other countries 

[Elder III]

Thanks for the video Phil, I'll be keeping an eye on the development and testing if this nifty little bugger.

[philipma1957]

Thanks for the video Phil, I'll be keeping an eye on the development and testing if this nifty little bugger.

I am working on next algo will post sometime later today..

I am installing flashpro polarfire

this should let me program a different algo to the fpga