Those power and Mhash/s claims are a little outrageous. Be wary about this one until we have some better data
Maybe the power consumption #'s could be caused if ztex only measured the core power usage. The 6.8W number from our FPGA board was the total power usage of the board- including fan and regulator inefficiencies.
EDIT- and just after I post this, he changes the power #'s!! Fishy. From 2.8 to 5.9W on the LX150
Topic: BTCMiner - Open Source Bitcoin Miner for ZTEX FPGA Boards, 215 MH/s on LX150 - page 33. (Read 161727 times)
August 29, 2011, 10:17:54 AM
August 29, 2011, 10:03:14 AM
Can you ship internationally? This is awesome for us with high electricity bills.
August 29, 2011, 09:59:21 AM
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The power requirements can't be. You don't just get 200%+ more efficient with another board design or different hdl code.
I measured it on Friday: 310mA @ 11.7V.
In order to go sure, I'll measure it with a different device.
August 29, 2011, 09:34:46 AM
Have you proof of these numbers? The power requirements can't be.
You don't just get 200%+ more efficient with another board design or different hdl code.
You don't just get 200%+ more efficient with another board design or different hdl code.
August 29, 2011, 09:29:26 AM
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For amounts of 100 or larger a license production program can be offered which allow to build large clusters at competitive prices in comparison to GPUs.
whoa.
August 29, 2011, 09:20:52 AM
BTCMiner -- Bitcoin Miner for ZTEX FPGA Boards, 215 MH/s on LX150
BTCMiner runs on Linux and Windows and supports USB-FPGA Modules 1.15b and 1.15d, USB-FPGA Modules 1.15x and USB-FPGA Modules 1.15y. These FPGA Boards contain an USB controller which is used for data transfers and device programming. Thus, no additional hardware like JTAG adapters is required and low cost mining clusters can be build using standard USB hubs.
BTCMiner supports dynamic overclocking based on error measurement, i.e. the software scales the frequency such that a maximum rate of valid hashes is generated.
A cluster mode with hot-plugging support allows to run large mining rigs from one software instance.
For complete list of Features please visit the BTCMiner Homepage.
For bitcoin mining I recommend the USB-FPGA-Module 1.15x (1 x XC6SLX150) or USB-FPGA-Module 1.15y (4 x XC6SLX150) which are optimized for such purposes.
Prices (including volume prices) can be found in the hardware thread: https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/ztex-usb-fpga-modules-115x-and-115y-215-and-860-mhs-fpga-boards-49180
USB-FPGA Module 1.15x with cooler.
UPDATE Oct 20 2011:
UPDATE Nov 14 2011:
UPDATE Dec 14 2011:
UPDATE Jan 26 2012:
UPDATE Feb 08 2012:
UPDATE Apr 18 2012:
UPDATE Jul 05 2012: Typical (=average) hash rate updated because recent FPGA's are faster, see https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/ztex-usb-fpga-modules-115x-and-115y-215-and-860-mhs-fpga-boards-49180 for measurements
UPDATE Jul 12 2012: New software release (number 120703), see https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.1025153
BTCMiner runs on Linux and Windows and supports USB-FPGA Modules 1.15b and 1.15d, USB-FPGA Modules 1.15x and USB-FPGA Modules 1.15y. These FPGA Boards contain an USB controller which is used for data transfers and device programming. Thus, no additional hardware like JTAG adapters is required and low cost mining clusters can be build using standard USB hubs.
BTCMiner supports dynamic overclocking based on error measurement, i.e. the software scales the frequency such that a maximum rate of valid hashes is generated.
A cluster mode with hot-plugging support allows to run large mining rigs from one software instance.
For complete list of Features please visit the BTCMiner Homepage.
| FPGA Board | FPGA Type | Minimum hash rate | Typical effective hash rate | Power requirement |
| USB-FPGA-Module_1.15b | Xilinx XC6SLX75-3 | 84 MH/s | 90 MH/s | 5.0 W @ 184 MHz |
| USB-FPGA-Module_1.15d | Xilinx XC6SLX150-3 | 190 MH/s | 215 MH/s | 9.7 W @ 216 Mhz |
| USB-FPGA-Module_1.15x | Xilinx XC6SLX150-3/N3 | 190 MH/s | 215 MH/s | 9.7 W @ 216 MHz |
| USB-FPGA-Module_1.15y | 4 x Xilinx XC6SLX150-N3 | 760 MH/s | 860 MH/s | 39 W @ 216 MHz |
For bitcoin mining I recommend the USB-FPGA-Module 1.15x (1 x XC6SLX150) or USB-FPGA-Module 1.15y (4 x XC6SLX150) which are optimized for such purposes.
Prices (including volume prices) can be found in the hardware thread: https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/ztex-usb-fpga-modules-115x-and-115y-215-and-860-mhs-fpga-boards-49180
USB-FPGA Module 1.15x with cooler.
UPDATE Oct 20 2011:
- New software release: performance data and power dissipation updated
- FPGA Board availability: USB-FPGA-Module 1.15x are now available, volume prices can be found in a separate thread: https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/ztex-usb-fpga-modules-115x-and-115y-215-and-860-mhs-fpga-boards-49180
UPDATE Nov 14 2011:
- New software release (number 111114): Support of backup pools and improved behavior at bad server connectivity
UPDATE Dec 14 2011:
- New software release (number 111214) with improved performance
UPDATE Jan 26 2012:
- New software release (number 120126), see posting https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.715272
UPDATE Feb 08 2012:
- New software release (number 120208), see posting https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.738240
- Performance and power data updated
UPDATE Apr 18 2012:
- New software release (number 120417), see https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.856930
- New FPGA Board added: USB-FPGA Module 1.15y
UPDATE Jul 05 2012: Typical (=average) hash rate updated because recent FPGA's are faster, see https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/ztex-usb-fpga-modules-115x-and-115y-215-and-860-mhs-fpga-boards-49180 for measurements
UPDATE Jul 12 2012: New software release (number 120703), see https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.1025153
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