[Guide] Dogie's Comprehensive SpondooliesTech SP10 Setup [HD]

[JWU42]

Very nice to see (1.5 Th/s) but will be challenging with Summer coming for us Northern Hemisphere folks.  Come Winter these will be doorstops I fear  

EDIT:  Did this include the new FW that was posted in the main thread or just cranking the fans to improve cooling?  The links in OP are of Eligius page and not the screen grab from the miner so no FW rev #

[dogie]

Very nice to see (1.5 Th/s) but will be challenging with Summer coming for us Northern Hemisphere folks.  Come Winter these will be doorstops I fear 

EDIT:  Did this include the new FW that was posted in the main thread or just cranking the fans to improve cooling?  The links in OP are of Eligius page and not the screen grab from the miner so no FW rev #

Mine is slightly newer looking at the time stamps, the software guy churns out a new (better) revision every 3 hours or so. The cooling side isn't really a problem due to the chips super high thermal thresholds, as long as you can tolerate noise then the units will be fine. The testing by ST directly is typically done @ 30C because they have so many miners in their testing room which is a room rather than a data centre

[SyRenity]

Mine is slightly newer looking at the time stamps, the software guy churns out a new (better) revision every 3 hours or so.

You might want to upgrade to latest fw version via OTA, it gives the stablest >1.5TH/s hashing rate we had so far!

[dogie]

Mine is slightly newer looking at the time stamps, the software guy churns out a new (better) revision every 3 hours or so.

You might want to upgrade to latest fw version via OTA, it gives the stablest >1.5TH/s hashing rate we had so far!

I have, posted results about 3 posts up :p Zvisha and I have a separate email chain as to not spam you all with firmware testing.

[SyRenity]

I have, posted results about 3 posts up :p Zvisha and I have a separate email chain as to not spam you all with firmware testing.

No prob, just noticed the FW in screenshot is several versions older then what we have today (Z. is one fast guy! )


Edit: Our technical blog is live!
Includes ongoing updates and release notes for the new firmware versions:
http://www.spondoolies-tech.com/blogs/technical-blog

[tmp2]

Hey Dogie,
first of all i would like to say thank you for your detailed review on this machine.

I wanted to ask your personal opinion on this miner, do you see it as a smart or profitable investment ? 

[dogie]

Hey Dogie,
first of all i would like to say thank you for your detailed review on this machine.

I wanted to ask your personal opinion on this miner, do you see it as a smart or profitable investment ?  

I will only ever to refer to profitability in relative terms, because there are so many unknowns in this game. https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=504530.0

[Guy Corem]

Very nice to see (1.5 Th/s) but will be challenging with Summer coming for us Northern Hemisphere folks.

We're testing and adapting the fw for hot environment as well. Here is a test in hot room we've done today:

In fact, our testing unit was left in a close room for the night: http://eligius.st/~wizkid057/newstats/userstats.php/1PzK2WeeB9GzZwzPPJfA2h1D25Hsv2yb5e

[RoadStress]

Very nice to see (1.5 Th/s) but will be challenging with Summer coming for us Northern Hemisphere folks.

We're testing and adapting the fw for hot environment as well. Here is a test in hot room we've done today:

In fact, our testing unit was left in a close room for the night: http://eligius.st/~wizkid057/newstats/userstats.php/1PzK2WeeB9GzZwzPPJfA2h1D25Hsv2yb5e

Good job! I think you are the first company to do a stress test to their units.

[wpgdeez]

and look at that difficulty jump and the next is going to be even bigger. The storm is coming ...

[Guy Corem]

Good job! I think you are the first company to do a stress test to their units.

Thanks. Our hw guys are ex Voltaire, Mellanox

[Guy Corem]

Only 6 April + August bundles left
Next: May (Early batch) + August

[Guy Corem]

Question to the community:
For SP30 it's too late (we're too deep into the design) but for future miners, is LCD with Hashrate / Temperature / IP / other status desirable ?
If so, what data to display ?

[nikolaz]

Question to the community:
For SP30 it's too late (we're too deep into the design) but for future miners, is LCD with Hashrate / Temperature / IP / other status desirable ?
If so, what data to display ?

I think LCD screen is pretty useless, it will just increase the cost of the manufacturing... Most people do not watch their miners work :-)

[dogie]

Fixed dimensions: Shipped weight of a SP10 is 14kg, dimensions of the shipping box are 660 x 550 x 130mm. External dimensions of the case are 475* x 440 x 54.7mm (+100 for cabling). They are shipped with 6-32 (diameter) 3/8" (thread) screws for 19" racking mounting.

[WTParker2]

Question to the community:
For SP30 it's too late (we're too deep into the design) but for future miners, is LCD with Hashrate / Temperature / IP / other status desirable ?
If so, what data to display ?

Temp control is key when you have a more than 4 of these in a rackspace.
A simple temp LCD readout panel would only be an extra $10-$20.
The panel could light up Blue/Green when temps were in the normal range; Yellow/Orange when getting close to the limit; Red when over temp. And in the firmware you could throttle down the hashing until the unit was back to normal op. temp.
If an LCD panel was not an option, 3 simple led lights on the front face with the same color/temp arrangements would also suffice.

I have LCD temp panels on my units with a fan control knob and a freeze switch so I can control the temps with the fan and get the temps down from 50c down to 22c in about 45 seconds.

[WTParker2]

We're testing and adapting the fw for hot environment as well. Here is a test in hot room we've done today:

40c inlet temp and 80c out temp?
FYI: in fahrenheit that's in=100 and out=176
And that is only for it being on for 11 minutes???
Something is not adding up...or you should've released it in the Fall and people would've been able to keep their whole home heated with just a few units.

[Guy Corem]

40c inlet temp and 80c out temp?
FYI: in fahrenheit that's in=100 and out=176
And that is only for it being on for 11 minutes???

You've missed the info above the graph, it was a stress test we did in a hot room.

[WTParker2]

40c inlet temp and 80c out temp?
FYI: in fahrenheit that's in=100 and out=176
And that is only for it being on for 11 minutes???

You've missed the info above the graph, it was a stress test we did in a hot room.

Yes, I did read that part. Which is why I am confused. You say it is a "stress-test" yet the miner shows an up-time of 11 minutes. Is there a screen shot of a minimum 48 hour stress test done in the same "hot room"?

[chitolsp]

Anyone who has purchased a SP10 already received?