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newbie
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Interested in ordering one from the new batch. Sent you a PM.

pre-order/order will atart @ 1/1/2012 Cheesy

Hi ngzhang,

I have a couple of questions about your board.  In your first post you state you are using a XC6SLX150 -2FGG484I. While looking at digikey I see that this is about 182 USD, I also saw that there is a XC6SLX150 -2FGG484C part that is 158 USD.  This is a 24 USD savings on each FPGA and a 48 USD saving on the overall board.  I looked to the data sheet and I couldn't find any difference between the two parts, can you tell me why you would pick an "I" part over a "C" part. Also if you could upgrade the chip what would you look to move to.

The gold pins at the bottom what do you think they will be used for in the future?

What about the many hols on the side, it looks like it's going to be there for some type of future socket?

Thanks
  -IT

XC6SLX150 -2FGG484I is the cheapest i can buy.

the DIMM finger and FX1 connector is for customer's own use.

So that is good to know. 

What about an upgraded chip?  Is it worth it to go to something with more gates? Also what about swapping out the dimm finger for a PCIe x1 port being there is on chip logic for this?

-IT
hero member
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Ok, so I might be interested in a couple of these.  I run 4x 5870s at the mo but the electricity costs are killing me a bit.  I might be willing to take the reduced hash rate for the power savings, we'll see.

Now, I run bithopper on my rig as it's efficient, basically.   Is it possible to run the Icarus boards through Bithopper or are you limited to just one pool?

Also (and apologies if you've mentioned this and I've missed it), what sort of warranty is provided?

Thanks Smiley
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We will stand and fight.
Interested in ordering one from the new batch. Sent you a PM.

pre-order/order will atart @ 1/1/2012 Cheesy

Hi ngzhang,

I have a couple of questions about your board.  In your first post you state you are using a XC6SLX150 -2FGG484I. While looking at digikey I see that this is about 182 USD, I also saw that there is a XC6SLX150 -2FGG484C part that is 158 USD.  This is a 24 USD savings on each FPGA and a 48 USD saving on the overall board.  I looked to the data sheet and I couldn't find any difference between the two parts, can you tell me why you would pick an "I" part over a "C" part. Also if you could upgrade the chip what would you look to move to.

The gold pins at the bottom what do you think they will be used for in the future?

What about the many hols on the side, it looks like it's going to be there for some type of future socket?

Thanks
  -IT

XC6SLX150 -2FGG484I is the cheapest i can buy.

the DIMM finger and FX1 connector is for customer's own use.
hero member
Activity: 504
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Hi ngzhang,

I have a couple of questions about your board.  In your first post you state you are using a XC6SLX150 -2FGG484I. While looking at digikey I see that this is about 182 USD, I also saw that there is a XC6SLX150 -2FGG484C part that is 158 USD.  This is a 24 USD savings on each FPGA and a 48 USD saving on the overall board.  I looked to the data sheet and I couldn't find any difference between the two parts, can you tell me why you would pick an "I" part over a "C" part. Also if you could upgrade the chip what would you look to move to.

The gold pins at the bottom what do you think they will be used for in the future?

What about the many hols on the side, it looks like it's going to be there for some type of future socket?

Thanks
  -IT

 I = Industrial Grade
 C = Commercial Grade
Looking at this link here you can compare the differences in operating temperatures; http://search.digikey.com/scripts/dksearch/dksus.dll?vendor=0&keywords=XC6SLX150+-2FGG484

Strangely the Commercial grade has higher voltage tolerances than its Industrial counterpart. shrug.
newbie
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Hi ngzhang,

I have a couple of questions about your board.  In your first post you state you are using a XC6SLX150 -2FGG484I. While looking at digikey I see that this is about 182 USD, I also saw that there is a XC6SLX150 -2FGG484C part that is 158 USD.  This is a 24 USD savings on each FPGA and a 48 USD saving on the overall board.  I looked to the data sheet and I couldn't find any difference between the two parts, can you tell me why you would pick an "I" part over a "C" part. Also if you could upgrade the chip what would you look to move to.

The gold pins at the bottom what do you think they will be used for in the future?

What about the many hols on the side, it looks like it's going to be there for some type of future socket?

Thanks
  -IT
sr. member
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Interested in ordering one from the new batch. Sent you a PM.
legendary
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This is not OK.
donator
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Gerald Davis
Awesome FPGA Porn!

legendary
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BitMinter
Not to mention the 18K USD price tag... impressive as well Smiley

That separates the men from the boys  Cool
legendary
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nec sine labore
~650W - 11.4 GH/s  Cheesy Grin impressive sh!t !

Not to mention the 18K USD price tag... impressive as well Smiley

spiccioli.
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legendary
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BitMinter
~650W - 11.4 GH/s  Cheesy Grin impressive sh!t !
legendary
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hero member
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firstbits:1MinerQ
Awesome and psychedelic - scrolling that up and down the screen makes me dizzy.
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We will stand and fight.
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firstbits:1MinerQ
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We will stand and fight.
As far as overheat detection ... I think ztex indicated as the chip overheats hashing rate declines.  Since under normal conditions hashing rate shouldn't decline more than 15% a miner could be programmed to halt operation in the event hashing rate declines (i.e. don't keep feeding data to a chip running at  20MH/S cooking it). Obviously some hardware sensor would be better but mining monitoring has the advantage of not requiring any new hardware.

yes, you are right.
add to TODO list.
donator
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Gerald Davis
As far as overheat detection ... I think ztex indicated as the chip overheats hashing rate declines.  Since under normal conditions hashing rate shouldn't decline more than 15% a miner could be programmed to halt operation in the event hashing rate declines (i.e. don't keep feeding data to a chip running at  20MH/S cooking it). Obviously some hardware sensor would be better but mining monitoring has the advantage of not requiring any new hardware.
hero member
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We will stand and fight.
no matter the cost.
every one's pleasure is different, i think. Grin
so any manually assembling question is welcome, but not include like "where/ howmuch did you buy them" or "could you buy some for me " question.
legendary
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hello,

its a good question!

how much is the kit (PCB, components, etc.) without work of soldering ?
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