Topic: 100 watt or less miner.. With 16nm Chips.. - page 2. (Read 2556 times)

It won't be round. CPU heatsinks sounds most interesting but I specifically said I won't be making it CPU heatsink compatible so it doesn't really matter. It'll run in the same power range as a U3 and hook up similarly, but get a buttload more hashrate.

The TypeZero will run in the same power range as the S1, stock probably hotter than S1 but less than S5. Should be better for a home miner than something that draws 1400W wall.

So something similar in design to the Antminer U3?  CPU heatsinks sounds most interesting- maybe i'll finally have a use for those old intel cpu coolers.
TypeZero sounds great so far, even if it draws 200w per board, still sounds fine assuming the chips are okay. Sounds like you guys are doing some hard work- we might have another source to buy miners from besides bitmain, which is even better Good luck, i'll be buying into a few of these this time around just to support you guys.

Well like I said, I had samples from 2 manufacturers. One of them, the one I had first and already have a hardware prototype capable of hashing, won't be selling more chips so those few prototypes are all that will exist.

The other sent me a bunch more samples (enough to test a stick and a pod) and good datasheets, and they've been proactive and supportive so far. The project is split into three parts (hardware, firmware, driver) with "vh" coding the driver and novak back at the wheel for controls. I've already sent a sans-microcontroller layout to Novak to finish up. My goal is to be shipping sticks by Christmas, which will depend heavily on chip supplies and where the money comes from, which gives us about five weeks to iron out a manufacturable design in time to get a bulk batch of PCBs ordered.

I'm also already working on a pod miner layout that I expect to pull about 80W at the top end. It'll be designed for 12VDC, and take in power from either a barrel jack or a PCIe 6-pin. USB connection with the controls based on the stickminer (which will integrate software voltage control and a temp sensor) probably plus fan control. I will not, as I intended with BM1384 pods, make it compatible with CPU heatsinks as I wasted a heck of a lot of board space providing for various mounting frames and stuff. The current layout, if I can keep it, will be 3x4 inches and use an 80mm fan.

The controls for that will pipe directly into the TypeZero project, which is to say the S1/3/5 chassis-compatible boards. Instead of 80W we're looking more like 200W peak per board.

I'm more excited about it now than I have been in a long time. Just depends on the chip source staying cooperative.

it's not completely over yet, I bet there will be more small 16nm sub-100 watt devices in the future. If larger companies realize that there's actually a large demand for them we might see a product elsewhere. I'm still hyped for something to come out from sidehack, the dream is still alive hopefully you guys get a good chip provider and things next time around, I still believe in you guys ^^

, sad news.

That's a shame. Well I hope I win one in the auctions 

Good news about the progress on the 16nm stick. Fingers crossed they keep selling the chips 

So I mentioned earlier that the software guy is working on a test stick around a 14nm ASIC. I just found out the chip supplier won't be selling more chips, so it looks like the few I can build with sample chips will be the only ones to ever exist.

The software guy is gonna keep working on a driver because the hardware is pretty well working already.

The payment arrangement with him was a percentage of sales. But it looks an awful lot like that's not gonna happen, so I plan to auction off the few functional sticks I can build with sample chips in order to get him paid and cover some of the other dev costs.

I'll probably put up some other failed prototypes (A3218 and BM1385 based) and maybe some pod tests and such.

Not sure yet when that'll happen.

On a "good news" front, I did just send a rough hardware layout to Novak, who will be working on the controls for the new 16nm stick in progress. The control setup should port over pretty readily to pods and full-scale miners with the same chip. Hopefully this time the supplier doesn't fall through. So, our hopes for having a 100W or less miner with 16nm chips is still alive.

Depends on the software guy. He's actually already integrated BM1384 Compac into the Icarus driver, shouldn't be an issue being able to compile new stuff alongside that.

I am also super excited. Hopefully stuff works.

I am super excited for this pod & usb miner.

Would the old usb run along side the new one? Like could I just plug it in and it will start mining?  I assume separate software?

There is no relation between a pod miner and any S1/S3/S5 hardware.

Anything mounting to S1/S3/S5 chassis will not be a pod.

I've taken a look at a few pictures of an s1 and it looks like the same basic construction of the s3. Two end plates that attach to the heatsinks on the hashboard. It's that how the pod miner will fit? I've got two end plates (where the fans attach) from an old s3 and was going to throw them out, but won't if they are useful.

This is a awesome news! I will be more than happy to provide support for Canada.

 Let me know!

Looks like my little aluminium rig to house my atx breakout board, 12v converter, raspi and usb hubs and three gekkos wont go to waste after all then 

A new Compac may be forthcoming depending on chip sources and the software guy currently working on a test stick.

I got some other sample chips and just got datasheets for them yesterday, and have already started scheming with software guys about what we want to do for a 1-chip stick and probably a 10-chip pod (estimate in the 80W peak power range) whose concepts will transfer pretty readily to a full S1 refit board. I won't set a tentative ETA because there are entirely too many variables, but I would really really like to be selling stick miners and maybe have some pods by Christmas.

The mods likes to move "What miner should i get." in speculation. They dont read the actual posts. As such i've gotten neg'd by a mod after i reported a thread. The mod just looked at the title and maybe a few words, not the posts contained.

Perhaps a rough ETA ?!?!?!!?  Like 6 months or 3 years kind of rough lol? If not no worries.

Move this back to Hardware, it is not speculation related at all.  It's hardware related. 

You are my hero!! I want one so badly!! lol. Alas.. just one or two of the pods but hey I still want them!!

Ive got my sidehack'd S7LN running 445m and drawing 440watt at the wall and getting a shade over 2Th. So if you underclock it even more then you could well be below your 400watt limit and still be +1Th range which is more efficient than the R-boxes.

You can always buy an S7-LN, undervolt and throw out the other blade and you'll have a 200W miner.