Topic: Liquid Synergy Designs Inc. -ASIC mining hardware - page 208. (Read 423275 times)

Don't know if this relavent to your situation,but scroll down the 1st post on this thread.The "tutorial" is pretty good:

https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/asicminer-usb-group-buy-orders-closed-pay-for-extra-195052

Each board contains 16 chips. 10 boards would be required to use all 160 chips. There are(will be shortly) several options to choose from, ranging from chips only (current) to full turnkey(coming soon).

The chips are scheduled to arrive 9-10 weeks from the 5/22/2013 purchase date. Turnaround should be no more than 72 hours. As this is the third batch, I expect the protocols used to be very fine tuned by then and take even less time.


K1 and K16 talks will begin once the K16 is prototyped and working.

In a hobbyist perspective, the K1 is "easier" as you only have to plug n play in the USB slot. It is however less efficient in every regard.


Any of the sending addresses used in the transaction will suffice.


Board testing is to ensure the component parts are functioning properly. Neither I, nor the assembly house, can be responsible for dead Avalon chips as we have no control over the manufacturing process. That being said, I do not believe this will be a significant number of chips, but do advise purchasing extras. From what I understand from BkkCoins design, one faulty chip will most likely not take out the other 8 chips in it's series, so worst case 8/16, most likely 15/16.


Any of the sending addresses used is fine.


More details on the hosting option will be coming soon. The miners will be secured in a climate controlled room in a secure location, with remote access and switched PDUs.  The high estimate is $.115368 per day, or $3.47 per month.


The K16s do not require a Raspi. Any desktop, laptop, or netbook, and certain routers will work as hosts.



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I would like to thank those of you who have taken the time to answer questions. I would like to answer each of you immediately, but one of the ways I'm keeping costs low is by running a skeleton crew with low overhead, and have to process emails, pm's, and questions in this thread as batches.

Any computer capable of runnning CGminer should do it (windows or Linux).

do the k16's require a raspberry pi, or will a desktop PC be able to run them?

Could you give more details about hosting option please?
I assume it would be hosting and maintenance 24/7. Do you have any special room or something for that purpose? What are estimated electricity costs for one board per month in your location?

Just send the transaction id, it contains all the information.

For clarity, should we send you the first sending address in the email when the transaction has multiple sending addresses?

I can send updated emails if you need them for bookkeeping purposes.

Thanks.

My EE informed me that the fail rate of chips or board is pessimisticly 15% so yes it would be a good idea.

What happens if our board is assembled and fails testing because one or more chips are bad?  Does Avalon warranty the chips, so that they can be immediately replaced?  Should I order a couple extra chips just in case?

What happens if 1/16 chips are bad on the board -- will it hash at 15/16 capacity, or not work at all?

All the sending addresses are your addresses.  You have the private keys to all of them, so you can sign a message from all of them.

Well, using Bitcoin-qt, I'm unable to locate the sending address at all.  The only way I've been able to find it is by taking the transaction ID and pasting it into blockchain.info.

hmmm … should probably do up a "how to find your sending address" post once we have this sorted out.

Interesting... yes, I do see multiple on the left, each one with a different amount of BTC (when viewing in 'advanced' mode)... I may have to wait until I get home, so I can actually see the multiple addresses I have on my client. I assume I should be able to match up one of these addresses with an address I see on my bitcoin client/wallet?

Thanks for the help

I had trouble with this at first as well, this should help:



If you see multiple sending addresses on the left, choose the one in the same row as the amount you sent on the right

I may have done this as well... can someone explain to me how to get the sending address, or point me to a thread?? 
I am looking at the blockchain.info on my TX, but see plenty of addresses, and none saying 'sending address'... I just used an address I knew I could sign with.

I see.  That makes sense.


Makes sense; I'm just not that into moving tiny things around, my hands are too fat.


I'll take a look around.  Thanks.

Depends on what you mean. In terms of density, ie; hashing power/production time, almost certainly not. You have to produce sixteen K1 boards to equal one K16.

For populating boards and getting these chips out the door, the K16 is the best compromise between hashing power, production time, and not pricing many people out of the mkt.

The K1 is more of a hobbyist toy, and the design is simple enough that most hobbyists can probably pull off their own assembly.

If not, there are a few threads by people who are intending to sell complete K1 units, chips included.

Hey steamboat, I remember there being some mention of K1 boards being sourced.  Any information on that?  I'd buy a few more chips if there were plans for the K1.  Those are easier to produce en masse right?  Less stuff on the board?  No PSU required?

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There is still time. An announcement will be made regarding that information with plenty of time to make a decision.

Cp1 is correct. This only covers the PCB, components (other than the ASICs), and assembly.


Currently it is 400 boards, pending confirmation with the assembly house.


Correct, among other things. The date has been fixed. Apologies.


This is something I have been working on, and one of the reasons payment is not an option at this time. I should have more information in the coming week. As a person, my position is extremely bullish, and I believe the price will go up, resulting in cheaper boards if kept in BTC. As a business, I have to do what's most responsible and mitigate the risk of BTC dropping in value and being left with the bill. Once I have ironed out the payment details, I will let you know.


10 days between batches 1 and 2, 11 days between 2 and 3.


Please do not do this. The sending address from the TX is what is used to verify the signature.


All purchases received, recorded, replied. Batch 3 about finished, and a couple large investors have shown interest in the next batch.