Has anyone done a rough return on investment estimate on these?
tldr: You'll never see the money back. Its like buying a 7790 but at double the cost.
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tldr: You'll never see the money back. Its like buying a 7790 but at double the cost.
Has anyone done a rough return on investment estimate on these?
Now that the order limit has been lowered to 50, is there interest in a Group Buy based in the Western US? It would be run similar to CanaryInTheMine's at https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/close-group-buy-2-13650-asicminer-erupter-usb-203636-each-5-units-217981 but restricted to US orders only. The cost would be a flat BTC2.1 per USB miner. They would be shipped by Priority Mail. I'm based in southern California, so orders from the western US would arrive earliest. Orders would be collected using a Google Doc form such as https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1BuuD7-o_rmz1hIJrLrBstewoRD_iWt2wrEFiKCpadsA/viewform. Reply or PM if you are interested, and if there is enough interest I will open it up.
requesting payment address to place the order for our group buy here: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=195647.0
PM sent...
This is exciting!!
PM sent...
This is exciting!!
Payment for 193 units sent: https://blockchain.info/tx/cfb20829772eb9a3e774fda0f405bd96dbcc53e2cc6d06505be925473f9a9093
haha!
The Universe/God LOVES irony/coincidences... look at this, click on the transaction id (above link) and see that the map flag is planted in Ukraine for relaying this transaction... Well, what are the odds of that? Any statisticians here to calculate the odds? I was born in Ukraine...
Do you have any advertising promos? Or is there a specific link I can add to my sig to support this project? I love ideas like this and would like to support it in the best way I can right now. Since I obviously can't afford 50 of these puppies I'd like to give my support in the way of advertising for the product in my sig on various forums for the time being.
You could consider advertising group buys that go occur here...I just finished my first one, will start the second one soon.
there are several people who run them, so take a look around and keep mining!!
Glad to see the lower minimum. Would have joined CanaryInTheMine's group buy but am currently in A+C one that just finished in Europe. Will be watching carefully for new USA group buys and any change in pricing of ASICMINER products in the future(including new or upgraded capabilities). Go friedcat Go!
Do you have any advertising promos? Or is there a specific link I can add to my sig to support this project? I love ideas like this and would like to support it in the best way I can right now. Since I obviously can't afford 50 of these puppies I'd like to give my support in the way of advertising for the product in my sig on various forums for the time being.
You could consider advertising group buys that go occur here...I just finished my first one, will start the second one soon.
there are several people who run them, so take a look around and keep mining!!
Do you have any advertising promos? Or is there a specific link I can add to my sig to support this project? I love ideas like this and would like to support it in the best way I can right now. Since I obviously can't afford 50 of these puppies I'd like to give my support in the way of advertising for the product in my sig on various forums for the time being.
AFAIK, it should work with cgminer 3.1.1 with this commandline:
(on linux)
or:
(on windows, where x is the number of the virtual com port of the device)
But I have not tested yet. Still waiting for my device.
Code:
./cgminer --icarus-options 115200:1:1 --icarus-timing 3.0=100 -S /dev/ttyUSB0
or:
Code:
cgminer --icarus-options 115200:1:1 --icarus-timing 3.0=100 -S COMx
But I have not tested yet. Still waiting for my device.
How do you mine with this? Is this plug and play with latest cgminer?
Thanks for lowering the minimum order!
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Looking good friedcat!
in short:
Will this work without a powered USB-HUB:
in your computer: YES
(because "normal" computers provide 500mA power on the USB port - but you may need a powered hub if you plan to use several devices on your computer)
in your Raspberry Pi: NO
(because the Raspberry does not provide enough power and therefore needs a powered hub)
john
Will this work without a powered USB-HUB:
in your computer: YES
(because "normal" computers provide 500mA power on the USB port - but you may need a powered hub if you plan to use several devices on your computer)
in your Raspberry Pi: NO
(because the Raspberry does not provide enough power and therefore needs a powered hub)
john
so i cannot plug this in my computer?
I need a powered usb hub to get this to work ?
I need a powered usb hub to get this to work ?
I plan on using an RPi with MinePeon to drive my five Block Erupters, through a powered USB hub. Apparently the next version of cgminer will support these devices right out of the box. Kano is working on it.
Could you post your R Rig and components list once you're up and running please.
Sounds exciting!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xlAhR8Ry8VU
I plan on using an RPi with MinePeon to drive my five Block Erupters, through a powered USB hub. Apparently the next version of cgminer will support these devices right out of the box. Kano is working on it.
Can the R Pi power a hub with miners?
The RPi will not be able to power a single one of the devices, let alone multiple on a hub - you will need to use a powered hub, that is, one with an external power supply.
No, you will need a powered hub. The raspberry itself only provides 100mA on the USB port (IIRC).
john
[edit]: sorry, didn't see MineForeman.com already answered
john
[edit]: sorry, didn't see MineForeman.com already answered
Can the R Pi power a hub with miners?
It will actually only work with a powered USB hub, the pi power output to USB is rather pathetic (something like 50ma) and wont power very much.
Neil
Will these work with MinePeon?
Can the R Pi power a hub with miners?
Will these work with MinePeon?
Probably, but it is untested at the moment. Kano from cgminer is also doing a lot of work improving support and as soon as that is out I will be including it.
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