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Topic: Multi graphics card plugged into custom board controlled raspberry pi (Read 2784 times)

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I dont see why it couldnt work since people already mine on linux box's. It's not the Pi doing the hashing it is the gpu's, the Pi just runs the OS.
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A Pi si just about fast enough to control the data coming to and from a few ASICs.  It's never, ever going to have enough CPU power to even get a GPU working. 

It's like raising London's Tower Bridge using a cordless screwdriver.

It runs several more than a *few* (I have had 21 block erupters on 1 Pi with no issues).

FPGA would take over the processing the RPi would end up as network translation and other low demand tasks.
hero member
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A Pi si just about fast enough to control the data coming to and from a few ASICs.  It's never, ever going to have enough CPU power to even get a GPU working. 

It's like raising London's Tower Bridge using a cordless screwdriver.
newbie
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For what benefit? It is not like commodity motherboards are expensive and unobtainable.

More for fun than anything. I ordered Logi-Pi and Logi-Bone FPGAs from Kickstarter and thought it would be fun to see if I could interface with the OpenCL on several different graphics cards at once. I have found a little information but nothing promising at this point.

donator
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For what benefit? It is not like commodity motherboards are expensive and unobtainable.
hero member
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That's pretty much impossible.  That's like trying to plug a graphics card in to a Nintendo GameBoy and expecting to be able to play Wii games.
newbie
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I've been searching around to find if anyone has made something like bitfury M or H board that would allow multiple graphics cards to be plugged and controlled by one computer or possibly raspberry pi.



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