Case looks great!
And I'm interested in this project.
Also, and this is probably very important in order to get a better idea of interest, it may be useful to post a throw away email for people to state their interest. I've been reading posts on this forum for a month or two; however, I did not have posting privileges until just now (and I've spent the better part of today to get those rights.)
So I'm sure there are a ton of people that are in the same boat as I was, wanting to express their interest - but unable to do so. Time's of the greatest importance, as I'm sure all would agree, so the quicker you know the correct interest levels and people know when they could expect the unit the better.
Cheers.
Topic: Custom Case Design for Bitfury Hboard/Mboard Miners - page 4. (Read 22136 times)
Does your custom case will include a PSU option ?
Any idear about the price?
Anything else that is needed apart of ...
- Master board
- Hashing board with 16 Bitfury 55nm ASIC chips
- Raspberry Pi Model B with SD card and software preinstalled
- 2 x Ring terminal to Molex-Jr adapter cable
- Custom Case by "Foofighter"
- PSU
to have the device ready ... ?
depending on how the rPI gets attached and how the m-board is mounted in the case you may need a GPIO cable -
something like: http://www.adafruit.com/products/862
Hey guys,
as iam going on vacation by tomorow the next update will come on Thursday th 25th.
BR
Foofighter
as iam going on vacation by tomorow the next update will come on Thursday th 25th.
BR
Foofighter
Does your custom case will include a PSU option ?
Any idear about the price?
Anything else that is needed apart of ...
- Master board
- Hashing board with 16 Bitfury 55nm ASIC chips
- Raspberry Pi Model B with SD card and software preinstalled
- 2 x Ring terminal to Molex-Jr adapter cable
- Custom Case by "Foofighter"
- PSU
to have the device ready ... ?
Nope, that is all you need.
This may seem paranoid, but I would suggest removing the "Bitfury 400GH Miner" marking from the case. If you're going to host this with a third party then you may not want to advertise to the world its intended function/purpose.
I am definitely interested in this case. This would also be a concern of mine too.
Does your custom case will include a PSU option ?
Any idear about the price?
Anything else that is needed apart of ...
- Master board
- Hashing board with 16 Bitfury 55nm ASIC chips
- Raspberry Pi Model B with SD card and software preinstalled
- 2 x Ring terminal to Molex-Jr adapter cable
- Custom Case by "Foofighter"
- PSU
to have the device ready ... ?
still working hard on this project, i also checked a fex heat sink solutions, news will come latest by end of next week.
regards
regards
no idea yet, the rack case will have a cover, dont know about the other yet, wouldnt be possible to add a possibillity for it at current design.
It would be necessary to change the design and add 3 additional fans to the open design to still have a good airflow.
It would be necessary to change the design and add 3 additional fans to the open design to still have a good airflow.
Do you have any idea how much a case would run yet?
Both are nice cases, though it'd be nice if a top cover could be done (possibly optional, screw in?).
Both are nice cases, though it'd be nice if a top cover could be done (possibly optional, screw in?).
Hey guys,
just managed it to finish all drawings of the open case design, will send these to a few manufacturers tomorrow morning. Hopefully I can continue the work on the rack housing in the evening. I will then also answer all requests regarding the rack case.
BR
Foofighter
just managed it to finish all drawings of the open case design, will send these to a few manufacturers tomorrow morning. Hopefully I can continue the work on the rack housing in the evening. I will then also answer all requests regarding the rack case.
BR
Foofighter
Wait, one of your 1U servers costs more than $16,000?! Are your servers also money printing machines?
I don't know about 1U, but a 2U unit with 8 x E5-2670 & 256Gb ram (without infiniband, SSDs or other flashy bits) would cost a bit more than that. Throw a few Tesla GPUs into a case as well and it's easy for the costs to mount up.
This may seem paranoid, but I would suggest removing the "Bitfury 400GH Miner" marking from the case. If you're going to host this with a third party then you may not want to advertise to the world its intended function/purpose.
Honestly, I don't know what kind of datacenters you guys are using, but if theft is a concern, you've got other problems. Personally I have had items go missing at a data center, however they were cheap tools and I'm sure taken without malicious intent. Even at extremely low end data centers, like Verio in SF (converted dog kennels), equipment removal (from premises) and cage access (if you have a cage) is supervised. At SAS70 DCs this would be impossible. Further even the most expensive bitcoin mining equipment doesn't cast a shadow on the price of 50% of the servers you'll see in racks. My company, for example, has two racks of 40 1U's, each 1U costs more (just the CPUs in fact are more) than the 400gh/s unit and would be easier to sell on ebay or the like if stolen.
I dunno where the cancer and paranoia of the bitcoin community comes from, but alas its everywhere all the time and appears to be self-refining.
Wait, one of your 1U servers costs more than $16,000?! Are your servers also money printing machines?
I think datacentres will be safe too. The concerns are probably more about the private ventures for hosting. Hosting in a private home and so where security will be way less. There is already at least one case where an avalon miner was stolen from a private home. FPGA's werent touched, only the miner and nothing more. Thats why they are cautious i think. But maybe its part of bitcoin world anyway to stay a bit silent. 
This may seem paranoid, but I would suggest removing the "Bitfury 400GH Miner" marking from the case. If you're going to host this with a third party then you may not want to advertise to the world its intended function/purpose.
Honestly, I don't know what kind of datacenters you guys are using, but if theft is a concern, you've got other problems. Personally I have had items go missing at a data center, however they were cheap tools and I'm sure taken without malicious intent. Even at extremely low end data centers, like Verio in SF (converted dog kennels), equipment removal (from premises) and cage access (if you have a cage) is supervised. At SAS70 DCs this would be impossible. Further even the most expensive bitcoin mining equipment doesn't cast a shadow on the price of 50% of the servers you'll see in racks. My company, for example, has two racks of 40 1U's, each 1U costs more (just the CPUs in fact are more) than the 400gh/s unit and would be easier to sell on ebay or the like if stolen.
I dunno where the cancer and paranoia of the bitcoin community comes from, but alas its everywhere all the time and appears to be self-refining.
Neat little display, but I think the rPI attaches to the m-board using the same plug that the display uses.
/cet
Yep, you are right. It uses the GPIO connector/header.
Looks good....
Hey guys,
the good news is i got sample pcbs to test my prototype housing.
Bad news, have decided to push the open housing today so i started with all 2d production drawings, so i can send everything to manufacturers before the weekend as Iam on holidays from Friday until next week Thursday.
Hope to finish the 2D dwgs of the open housing by tommorow and push the rack design further by tommorow.
I will take every feedback into account, so feel free to give further advise.
regards
Foofighter
the good news is i got sample pcbs to test my prototype housing.
Bad news, have decided to push the open housing today so i started with all 2d production drawings, so i can send everything to manufacturers before the weekend as Iam on holidays from Friday until next week Thursday.
Hope to finish the 2D dwgs of the open housing by tommorow and push the rack design further by tommorow.
I will take every feedback into account, so feel free to give further advise.
regards
Foofighter
Just looking at the rackmount diagram, my first thought is that if you can find a thinner PSU, you can fit a second M-board between the exhaust fans and the first M-board. That would make the design more space-efficient for those who have to pay for hosting/colocation by rack height. I have no idea what that would do to heat management, though. I also don't know if it's possible to run both mining units from a single R-Pi and PSU or if you'd need to fit two of each in there.
Have to check that, because we have also to consider that in the front of the mboard the power cable will be connected, so there has to be at least10-20mm of space left. Should be ok with heat because we still have our nice forced airflow, and with the thin psu I could also try to fit a 3rd fan in the back like mentioned before.
Just looking at the rackmount diagram, my first thought is that if you can find a thinner PSU, you can fit a second M-board between the exhaust fans and the first M-board. That would make the design more space-efficient for those who have to pay for hosting/colocation by rack height. I have no idea what that would do to heat management, though. I also don't know if it's possible to run both mining units from a single R-Pi and PSU or if you'd need to fit two of each in there.
Nice design
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