Jalapeno Raspberry Pi @ 36 Watts - Delicious!

ewibit

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Quote from: Hephaestus on June 06, 2013, 09:59:06 PM

Quote from: Bitcoinorama on June 06, 2013, 07:22:43 PM

Please solar power it, just to be the first and show it can be done with a little 50w panel... Cool

A 50 watt panel would only be enough to power it during the day, and probably not the whole day either.
I'd recommend a 200-300 watt panel, a deep-cycle battery around 80-100 amp-hours, and a charge controller - this way it could run 24/7 only on solar power, worst case scenario that battery could run it for at least a full 24 hours.

I have a 50w panel, but the costs are more at the deep-cycle battery; - does someone know any cheap source for this (perhaps in EU, or Import from Asia)
TIA

hpski

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What awesome setups you both have!

But then again, I'm quite afraid of the difficult rise... Must order an ASIC to stay in the mining game.

mgio

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Quote from: monkee on June 07, 2013, 03:53:36 AM

Quote from: Hephaestus on June 06, 2013, 09:59:06 PM

Quote from: Bitcoinorama on June 06, 2013, 07:22:43 PM

Please solar power it, just to be the first and show it can be done with a little 50w panel... Cool

A 50 watt panel would only be enough to power it during the day, and probably not the whole day either.
I'd recommend a 200-300 watt panel, a deep-cycle battery around 80-100 amp-hours, and a charge controller - this way it could run 24/7 only on solar power, worst case scenario that battery could run it for at least a full 24 hours.

how much would this setup cost?? and can i get the stuff at bitcoinstore?

You can get a raspberry pi starter kit with bitcoins at bitcoinin.com. It costs 0.35 - 0.62 coins depending on whether you get just the raspberry pi or the kit.

canton

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Quote from: Node on June 13, 2013, 05:37:33 PM

Here's my duo Jala setup...running stable with 10.8 GHash @ 56.3W

Great way to max out the RPi, most bang for the watts...

Node

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You inspired me

Here's my duo Jala setup, pretty much a carbon copy of what you did:

https://i.imgur.com/p8UmO8V.jpg

running stable with 10.8 GHash @ 56.3W

tom_o

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Quote from: innovation on June 13, 2013, 08:43:59 AM

so cool .I will try my acisminer usb miner with pi.

With a powered hub I hope....

innovation

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so cool .I will try my acisminer usb miner with pi.

evilscoop

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maybe they updated peon...was 2.11 when i looked...

im a bfgminer person, so no biggy, just found the weezy easier, but im more used to debians Cheesy

WynX

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Quote from: evilscoop on June 13, 2013, 01:19:13 AM

Not having to use pacman for a start

Arch Linux sux, and peon comes with cgminer 2.11 Sad

Yeah pacman is not too nice.
But MinePeon currently comes with cgminer 3.01 if I'm correct...obviously it's being updated once every while

evilscoop

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Not having to use pacman for a start

Arch Linux sux, and peon comes with cgminer 2.11 Sad

Prefer 3.1 or bfgminer myself Wink

cooler-persistence

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Quote from: evilscoop on June 12, 2013, 08:57:33 AM

as a fellow pi user, they are great...
but id drop the peon, arch is a pain, a normal rasp weezy and you can compile cgminer from git source hapily..
also worth looking at :-
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/cacti-template-for-cgminer-monitoring-76502

Oh That looks rather easy. What do you like about the DIY method vs the ready made MinePeon Image?

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Quote from: evilscoop on June 12, 2013, 08:57:33 AM

as a fellow pi user, they are great...
but id drop the peon, arch is a pain, a normal rasp weezy and you can compile cgminer from git source hapily..
also worth looking at :-
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/cacti-template-for-cgminer-monitoring-76502

which now runs happy on my pi, with spine polling
Good install doc is available at :-
http://n00blab.com/

works fine on fpga's and asics Cheesy

What will cacti do for me?

evilscoop

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as a fellow pi user, they are great...
but id drop the peon, arch is a pain, a normal rasp weezy and you can compile cgminer from git source hapily..
also worth looking at :-
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/cacti-template-for-cgminer-monitoring-76502

which now runs happy on my pi, with spine polling
Good install doc is available at :-
http://n00blab.com/

works fine on fpga's and asics Cheesy

batt01

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R Pi is great. I have one running xbmc for watching movies stored on my unraid server. I would rather have it hooked up to a Jalapeno making coin. I have a April 4j 2013 order for a upgraded Jalapeno, Ir will prolly be months before it get it. I am considering getting some of the USB Block Erupters, if the price dropped a bit.

Its About Sharing

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Quote from: glowkeeper on June 12, 2013, 03:58:58 AM

Quote from: Its About Sharing on June 11, 2013, 04:32:09 PM

Ah, I misunderstood. Was the point that the original Jalapeno's be powered by the USB hub, being that they are only 3 watts or so? I guess a computer would have no problem with that?

Just 3 watts? Really? That rocks if true...

I mean the Raspberry Pi is 3 watts (I read). It makes using it as a control center a no brainer. It helps the environment, lowers costs, increases profits, etc.

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The original design was for 5w power draw, 500mA from two USB ports but since the chips use more power than they expected the jalapeño is now externally powered, mine draws 32w from the wall

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Quote from: Its About Sharing on June 11, 2013, 04:32:09 PM

Ah, I misunderstood. Was the point that the original Jalapeno's be powered by the USB hub, being that they are only 3 watts or so? I guess a computer would have no problem with that?

Just 3 watts? Really? That rocks if true...

Its About Sharing

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Quote from: wrenchmonkey on June 11, 2013, 04:02:37 PM

Quote from: Its About Sharing on June 11, 2013, 03:51:38 PM

Quote from: wrenchmonkey on June 11, 2013, 03:32:24 PM

Quote from: glowkeeper on June 11, 2013, 12:10:10 PM

Quote from: wrenchmonkey on June 10, 2013, 07:50:17 PM

Not if you have externally powered devices.

Thanks

I'll bear that in mind next time. I bought powered because I'd been reading that the pi is much stabler with them.....

It can't hurt. But the question was whether or not it was necessary in order to run a Jalapeno on a Raspberry Pi, and then answer is that it's not.

I knew I saw the powered hub thing mentioned before. Taken from: http://minepeon.com/index.php/Main_Page#Images

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Use a POWERED USB hub
The Raspberry Pi’s USB ports are limited to 140mA, that’s barely enough for a keyboard and a mouse, it WILL NOT run your miner!

That's why you need to use a self-powered device like a Jalapeno.

Ah, I misunderstood. Was the point that the original Jalapeno's be powered by the USB hub, being that they are only 3 watts or so? I guess a computer would have no problem with that?

wrenchmonkey

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Quote from: Its About Sharing on June 11, 2013, 03:51:38 PM

Quote from: wrenchmonkey on June 11, 2013, 03:32:24 PM

Quote from: glowkeeper on June 11, 2013, 12:10:10 PM

Quote from: wrenchmonkey on June 10, 2013, 07:50:17 PM

Not if you have externally powered devices.

Thanks

I'll bear that in mind next time. I bought powered because I'd been reading that the pi is much stabler with them.....

It can't hurt. But the question was whether or not it was necessary in order to run a Jalapeno on a Raspberry Pi, and then answer is that it's not.

I knew I saw the powered hub thing mentioned before. Taken from: http://minepeon.com/index.php/Main_Page#Images

Quote

Use a POWERED USB hub
The Raspberry Pi’s USB ports are limited to 140mA, that’s barely enough for a keyboard and a mouse, it WILL NOT run your miner!

That's why you need to use a self-powered device like a Jalapeno.

Its About Sharing

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Quote from: wrenchmonkey on June 11, 2013, 03:32:24 PM

Quote from: glowkeeper on June 11, 2013, 12:10:10 PM

Quote from: wrenchmonkey on June 10, 2013, 07:50:17 PM

Not if you have externally powered devices.

Thanks

I'll bear that in mind next time. I bought powered because I'd been reading that the pi is much stabler with them.....

It can't hurt. But the question was whether or not it was necessary in order to run a Jalapeno on a Raspberry Pi, and then answer is that it's not.

I knew I saw the powered hub thing mentioned before. Taken from: http://minepeon.com/index.php/Main_Page#Images

Quote

Use a POWERED USB hub
The Raspberry Pi’s USB ports are limited to 140mA, that’s barely enough for a keyboard and a mouse, it WILL NOT run your miner!

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