[DIY] - Reward $100 | Antminer S1/S3 Blade on Raspberry Pi

[w3e30us]

I have 12 S1 boards available @$185 shipped for all 12 in continental US.

Send me a PM.

Thanks,
Alex.

[J4bberwock]

It's time for some soldering job.
 

[helipotte]

Awesome!  Are you going to offer these as a kit?  Would love to assemble one.

[Taugeran]

Beautifully done. Hopefully will get mine fabbed out this upcoming Thursday (My final payday from the hell known as Wal-Mart)

[J4bberwock]

Awesome!  Are you going to offer these as a kit?  Would love to assemble one.

Once tested and working, why not.
The idea was to offer assembled boards, but kits can be done for those who'd like to try assembling.
SMD soldering for some parts might not be easy if you aren't used to do it.
I'll probably get/make a stencil once the design is validated.

[J4bberwock]

Beautifully done. Hopefully will get mine fabbed out this upcoming Thursday (My final payday from the hell known as Wal-Mart)

I'm looking forward to see it.
You already tested the design, so you won't discover if it works or not as I do.

[Taugeran]

Beautifully done. Hopefully will get mine fabbed out this upcoming Thursday (My final payday from the hell known as Wal-Mart)

I'm looking forward to see it.
You already tested the design, so you won't discover if it works or not as I do.

true and I'll miss that but I didn't test it per we just based it off manufacturer's design

[mstrongbow]

Fracking shweet!

[J4bberwock]

Fracking shweet!

Once finished, it will need a case too.

[mstrongbow]

Fracking shweet!

Once finished, it will need a case too.

You got it bro! I will be posting pics of the 1st J4berwock PSU breakout board case this evening...really stoked!

[CHAOSiTEC]

Looks good j4bberwock :-)

btw, i got those pictures of the S3 hashing boards, i will upload them later...

[J4bberwock]

and here is the stencil mask that I'll use tomorrow for toner transfert method.
It will be my first trial at homemade stencil.

[J4bberwock]

Quick update.
The stencil went quite good, the first board is soldered.

The bad news is that I managed to make 2 midstakes in the design, the USB hub isn't recognized in windows.

But the "useless" boards will allow me to solder the necessary components and to connect wires between boards to have a working ugly prototype and validate the new design.
I already updated the schematics and I'll try to have something working today or tomorrow.

[CHAOSiTEC]

Antminer S3 hashboard pictures:

http://imgur.com/a/x1eZm#0

[CHAOSiTEC]

Quick update.
The stencil went quite good, the first board is soldered.

The bad news is that I managed to make 2 midstakes in the design, the USB hub isn't recognized in windows.

But the "useless" boards will allow me to solder the necessary components and to connect wires between boards to have a working ugly prototype and validate the new design.
I already updated the schematics and I'll try to have something working today or tomorrow.

if you manage to fix up the "ugly prototype" you can send it to me, and i will start working with cgminer, the faster we get cgminer up and running the better :-p

[CHAOSiTEC]

J4bberwock did you get to test your idea of changing the board from chain to single on each chip?

[J4bberwock]

J4bberwock did you get to test your idea of changing the board from chain to single on each chip?

Not yet, I was quite busy with other things.
I'll try  tomorrow.
For the prototype there are some pins that I can't connect as I want to make the ugly prototype.

To make it short, I started to work on it as 3 separated usb ports on the usb hub chip, and finally switched to 3 ganged ports.
The second mistake was that I forgot to set the pins for the "always connected ports", and I connected them to the wrong input, 2 and 3 instead of 1 and 2.
Since I'm using the cp2102 to generate the voltage for tue usb hub, I can't do anything.
New boards already ordered, with slower (and cheaper) shipping.
I should get them within 10 days, worst case.

And I still need to try something on the software side with the actual cheap cp2102 USB converter tomorrow.
Maybe changing drier could help when the usb was detected but not activated.

It took me a few trials to get the cairnsmore working, so I thought that installing winusb with Zadig could help for the cp2102.
or going back to the original driver if it's already winusb.

[CHAOSiTEC]

J4bberwock did you get to test your idea of changing the board from chain to single on each chip?

Not yet, I was quite busy with other things.
I'll try  tomorrow.
For the prototype there are some pins that I can't connect as I want to make the ugly prototype.

To make it short, I started to work on it as 3 separated usb ports on the usb hub chip, and finally switched to 3 ganged ports.
The second mistake was that I forgot to set the pins for the "always connected ports", and I connected them to the wrong input, 2 and 3 instead of 1 and 2.
Since I'm using the cp2102 to generate the voltage for tue usb hub, I can't do anything.
New boards already ordered, with slower (and cheaper) shipping.
I should get them within 10 days, worst case.

And I still need to try something on the software side with the actual cheap cp2102 USB converter tomorrow.
Maybe changing drier could help when the usb was detected but not activated.

It took me a few trials to get the cairnsmore working, so I thought that installing winusb with Zadig could help for the cp2102.
or going back to the original driver if it's already winusb.

yeah the cairnsmore can be quite tricky, took me 3 trials just to reprogram them for blakecoin until i figured out to program from number 4 and downward lol

ive ordered a few cp2102 from dx hope i get them before im going back to the boat, in 10 days, so i can start look at the software side, give me a heads up when you get to test the single mode on the blade if it works or not..

another thing ive been thinking off, it should be possible to read the hex program off the PIC IF they did not activate the protection bit


edit: Anyone knows what the female cable connector is called for the 8 pol on the S1 hashing board?

[Taugeran]

J4bberwock did you get to test your idea of changing the board from chain to single on each chip?

Not yet, I was quite busy with other things.
I'll try  tomorrow.
For the prototype there are some pins that I can't connect as I want to make the ugly prototype.

To make it short, I started to work on it as 3 separated usb ports on the usb hub chip, and finally switched to 3 ganged ports.
The second mistake was that I forgot to set the pins for the "always connected ports", and I connected them to the wrong input, 2 and 3 instead of 1 and 2.
Since I'm using the cp2102 to generate the voltage for tue usb hub, I can't do anything.
New boards already ordered, with slower (and cheaper) shipping.
I should get them within 10 days, worst case.

And I still need to try something on the software side with the actual cheap cp2102 USB converter tomorrow.
Maybe changing drier could help when the usb was detected but not activated.

It took me a few trials to get the cairnsmore working, so I thought that installing winusb with Zadig could help for the cp2102.
or going back to the original driver if it's already winusb.

yeah the cairnsmore can be quite tricky, took me 3 trials just to reprogram them for blakecoin until i figured out to program from number 4 and downward lol

ive ordered a few cp2102 from dx hope i get them before im going back to the boat, in 10 days, so i can start look at the software side, give me a heads up when you get to test the single mode on the blade if it works or not..

another thing ive been thinking off, it should be possible to read the hex program off the PIC IF they did not activate the protection bit


edit: Anyone knows what the female cable connector is called for the 8 pol on the S1 hashing board?

The hex program is available on antminer github

[J4bberwock]

This is the one on the board.
http://www.mouser.fr/ProductDetail/TE-Connectivity-AMP/1735446-8/?qs=sGAEpiMZZMs%252bGHln7q6pm9XXV%2fJjz6Yw3qG%2fIRHo8LA=

You  can also get free samples from TE-connectivity
http://www.te.com/catalog/pn/en/1735446-8?RQPN=1735446-8

And here is its mate.
http://www.te.com/catalog/bin/TE.Connect?C=1&M=BYPN&BML=&LG=1&PN=1735447-8&PID=479064

this one should do it too
http://www.te.com/catalog/bin/TE.Connect?C=17259&M=PPROP&P=177735&BML=10576,17729&LG=1&PG=1&IDS=419106,423595,423596,423597,423598,423599,423600,419105,423602,423603,423604,421037,423550,423551,423552,423590,423591,423592,423593,423594&N=8

You will need the crimp pins.

http://www.te.com/catalog/bin/TE.Connect?C=1&M=BYPN&BML=&LG=1&PN=1470106-1&PID=432720

They ship the free samples with Fedex, register as "independent designer" for the company.