Announcing GekkoScience's new USB stick miner, the aptly-named NewPac

[419mining]

My power source would be your breakout board for a HP-DPS800, if I can find it. So it can't run a PI controller and a 12v fan and USB fan?

our web store still keeps the break out boards and HP1200 power supplies in stock if needed.
https://www.419mining.com/product-category/power-supply/

[sidehack]

Why would you need both a 12V fan and a USB fan?

[Valnurat]

 

I don't know. Maybe I'm just trying to find out why there's an option to add a fan on the 12V if you can use a USB fan.

[Valnurat]

our web store still keeps the break out boards and HP1200 power supplies in stock if needed.
https://www.419mining.com/product-category/power-supply/

@419mining, Thank you, but you don't ship outside of US. Only from eBay and I don't see the breakout board on ebay. I have HP800 power supply.

[sidehack]

Because some people only have one or the other, and supporting both only added like twenty cents to the cost so why not.

[minefarmbuy]

I having downward and side moment on these anyway. Open air hub and all, not that cooling matters too much there comparatively.

[Dragonizer]

What is the point in mining using Gh? 

[Valnurat]

Because some people only have one or the other, and supporting both only added like twenty cents to the cost so why not.

Thumps up

[419mining]

What is the point in mining using Gh?  

The idea being that the miners use minimal power in for the output, yes in Gh, there by creating a VERY efficient mining tool that allows for not only people looking for creative power efficient ideas, but schools and teaches a cost effective way to teach how blockchain/mining works.

[evade_57]

Some numbers

Second GekkoScience hub & 6 Newpacs arrived yesterday (Thanks MFB)

2 Gekko hubs & 12 Newpacs setup to run at 200Mhz

ASICBoost on is 67W at the wall

ASICBoost off is 73W at the wall

Hash rate is 543Gh/s's at CK's pools

Cooling with plug-in Arctic Breeze Mobile fans, 2 per hub

Raspberry Pi3+ with VH's latest code

Gotta love in-home, quiet mining.....

[minefarmbuy]

Awesome, thanks buying and working with us. 

[scryptr]

IS A NEW POD MINER IN STORE? --

I saw a post about an "Optimus606".  It was on the top of this hardware thread for a brief time.  The post described a pod miner similar to the Terminus808, but using the newer 1387 chips as in the current NewPac stick miner.

Is it to be available in the near future?       --scryptr

[minefarmbuy]

Yea, Terminus R606.

A few sellers out there for First batch North American Pre Orders.

Our listings are www.minefarmbuy.com/product-category/gekko-science

[sidehack]

The official announcement thread is a few down from the top right now.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5131245.0

[Valnurat]

So 6 of these NewPac is the same as your R606?

[sidehack]

6 NewPacs is 12 ASICs, like the R606. However the pod doesn't require a high-powered USB hub, or an external fan, or a screwdriver and meter for voltage adjustment, and the main regulator is rated for higher current which means the potential for more speed.

[Pearls Before Swine]

The idea being that the miners use minimal power in for the output, yes in Gh, there by creating a VERY efficient mining tool that allows for not only people looking for creative power efficient ideas, but schools and teaches a cost effective way to teach how blockchain/mining works.

Would give you merit for your post too if I had it.  This idea of stick mining has been bumping around in my head for a while now but I have yet to take the plunge and actually buy any hardware.  Learning about mining is a reward in and of itself, but my concern is that it won't be worth it financially.

But that setup in the op (looks like 36 sticks, did not count) is a thing of beauty.  

Is it true that philipma1957 mines using solar power?  I read that in another thread and my attention pricked up immediately.  I have not seen any threads around devoted to utilizing solar power to mine bitcoin or anything else, but then again I just recently started browsing the mining section.

[K21000]

Just received 2 of these in the mail today. After mining with them for a couple of hours I thought to post my experience here to help out people who are trying to decide to buy this or not.

The pros:

- cgminer picks up and runs the miner with no problems (I have had miners in the past that have caused me lots of trouble in this area)
- Overclocking actually works (I had mine overclocked to 150 MHz for a stable 34Ghs/second)
- Active support thread on bitcoin talk if you need asistance

The cons:

- Passive cooling is terrible (Ran mine off passive cooling for about 10 minutes and the miner began to fail due to heat stress, Active cooling even at base 100mhz is a MUST!)

cgminer screenshot:

https://imgur.com/VOrfYkp

[gt_addict]

So was that with the gekko version of cgminer or the standard version?

[K21000]

So was that with the gekko version of cgminer or the standard version?

It was with the Gekkoscience build of cgminer.