There are hundreds of devices that could potentially be used as a mining controller for ASICS:
http://www.newark.com/jsp/bespoke/bespoke7.jsp?bespokepage=newark/en_US/dev/dev_kits.jsp&CMP=KNC-G-COMM&mckv=smRQYgvaB|pcrid|16056386301|plid|
Some of them are quite cheap because the chip manufacturer wants you to develop with their chip.
Topic: Raspberry Pi alternatives that can run multiple BFL singles, ASICs ? - page 3. (Read 27173 times)
November 25, 2012, 08:40:06 AM
November 24, 2012, 04:27:43 AM
name some of the others with power consumption below 30W, idealy from 10W to 20W. Mele for example gives about 9-10W and has a nice case, also more powerful than RPi.
November 23, 2012, 05:11:37 PM
is there a desktop thingie that has a lower power consumption than asus eee box or dell studio hybrid? (or anything low powered with a case in that matter)
Well if you are looking for a full on desktop mini PC then you are a bit limited. There are others, all easy to find. All expensive, especially if you are using them as a mining controller.
For me I just got this this "netbook." and I think it's going to work as well as any of these other options, if not better. It has the added benefit of an attached screen and keyboard, as well as 3 x USB, 2GB on-board storage with an SD expansion slot, and full wireless capabilities out of the box. For half the price of most options, and not having to wait for restocks of RPis, I think it's pretty slick.
Now I may find out that there are some issues but for the price and what it seems to offer, I think it's worth testing it out.
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I just noticed that you said you are going to go with the mele a1000. If you can get that for $70 or so I think it will be nice. I know you said you wanted to have a case and that one sure does give that "Is still a computer." look. Something you would be willing to have out in the open. I'm really looking to put mine in a drawer though, haha.
November 23, 2012, 05:00:31 PM
That's really weird. My Linux PC is an ancient 1.5 GHz AMD processor and it build fine. If it bothers you I guess you could ask about CPU mining on the cgminer thread and give everyone a good laugh. 
Anyway back on topic you should be able to ASIC mine by doing the appropriate cgminer build under Linux.
Anyway back on topic you should be able to ASIC mine by doing the appropriate cgminer build under Linux.
November 23, 2012, 04:56:54 PM
Sweet. Will give it another go. 
It was yasm that was huge.
EDIT: nope, just says all devices disabled, cannot mine.
It was yasm that was huge.EDIT: nope, just says all devices disabled, cannot mine.
Make sure that after doing a fresh "./configure --enable-cpumining" you do "make clean" before doing "make" again
BTW I just got cgminer compiled on my Ubuntu PC.
I tried that command series and the configure says cpumining is enabled but after make clean and make, cgminer still says 'all devices disabled, cannot mine'. I guess it doesn't work with pentium M cpus?
I am not really trying to mine just test out the compile to be ready for my asics.
EDIT: I got it working, stupid ./
November 23, 2012, 04:52:56 PM
actually is dad. i think i will settle with mele a1000, hope everything goes OK there
November 23, 2012, 04:41:55 PM
is there a desktop thingie that has a lower power consumption than asus eee box or dell studio hybrid? (or anything low powered with a case in that matter)
"Thingie?" Mom? Is that you?
November 23, 2012, 04:33:03 PM
is there a desktop thingie that has a lower power consumption than asus eee box or dell studio hybrid? (or anything low powered with a case in that matter)
November 23, 2012, 03:51:51 PM
Sweet. Will give it another go. It was yasm that was huge.
EDIT: nope, just says all devices disabled, cannot mine.
It was yasm that was huge.EDIT: nope, just says all devices disabled, cannot mine.
Make sure that after doing a fresh "./configure --enable-cpumining" you do "make clean" before doing "make" again
BTW I just got cgminer compiled on my Ubuntu PC.
November 23, 2012, 03:42:12 PM
Is anyone on here using a Dreamplug? If so PM me, got some questions.
November 23, 2012, 02:17:02 PM
Sweet. Will give it another go. It was yasm that was huge.
EDIT: nope, just says all devices disabled, cannot mine.
It was yasm that was huge.EDIT: nope, just says all devices disabled, cannot mine.
November 23, 2012, 11:23:36 AM
What version of linux is on the beaglebone? I tried to build cpu support for cgminer on an ubuntu laptop and it wanted to download like 660MB of extra data for the assembly drivers.
I used the stock BB image which is Angstrom. Regarding the assembly routines (yasm) you don't need them. I just didn't download yasm and cgminer built fine without it. The assembly code provided by yasm is x86 code that speeds up the mining algorithm. It won't work on a BB or RPi anyway since they're both ARM processors.
Here's exactly what I did from the command line:
root@beaglebone:~# wget http://ck.kolivas.org/apps/cgminer/cgminer-2.9.4.tar.bz2
root@beaglebone:~# tar xjvf cgminer-2.9.4.tar.bz2
root@beaglebone:~# cd cgminer-2.9.4
root@beaglebone:~# ./configure --enable-cpumining
root@beaglebone:~# make
Nothing to it. If you want FPGA mining there are switches like --enable-bitforce that you can use with "./configure" to turn those on.
November 23, 2012, 09:06:17 AM
What version of linux is on the beaglebone? I tried to build cpu support for cgminer on an ubuntu laptop and it wanted to download like 660MB of extra data for the assembly drivers.
November 23, 2012, 06:30:03 AM
I got cgminer running on a BeagleBone. The scary part is I could have been racking up the BTC back in the early days with a rig like this.
At my current hash rate I should be getting 1 share every 7-8 hours or so.
At my current hash rate I should be getting 1 share every 7-8 hours or so.
That's got USB. You tried it with any FPGAs?
I don't own an FPGA miner but cgminer can be built with support for BitForce, Icarus, ModMiner and Ztex FPGA boards.
Building the cgminer executable under Linux is really simple and straightforward. I built cgminer for CPU mining directly on the BeagleBone using build command switches found in the cgminer thread.
November 23, 2012, 04:07:32 AM
I got cgminer running on a BeagleBone. The scary part is I could have been racking up the BTC back in the early days with a rig like this.
At my current hash rate I should be getting 1 share every 7-8 hours or so.
At my current hash rate I should be getting 1 share every 7-8 hours or so.
That's got USB. You tried it with any FPGAs?
November 22, 2012, 11:00:17 AM
I got cgminer running on a BeagleBone. The scary part is I could have been racking up the BTC back in the early days with a rig like this.
At my current hash rate I should be getting 1 share every 7-8 hours or so.
At my current hash rate I should be getting 1 share every 7-8 hours or so.
November 21, 2012, 09:18:53 PM
Exactly. You can make a custom PC with a micro ATX motherboard, RAM, CPU etc and use that as a custom controller. They can be put together pretty cheaply but they still consume way more power than a RPi or BeagleBone.
A PC controlling an ASIC miner will draw around 100 watts (obviously if it's GPU mining it's way more).
A BeagleBone draws about 3 watts.
At 10 cents/kWh a PC costs about $7/month to run 24/7.
if someone compiles a tutorial on how to make it run via beaglebone, im happy to oblige A PC controlling an ASIC miner will draw around 100 watts (obviously if it's GPU mining it's way more).
A BeagleBone draws about 3 watts.
At 10 cents/kWh a PC costs about $7/month to run 24/7.
You don't need a tutorial........
Go get "buildroot" it will do it *ALL for you.
November 21, 2012, 03:34:36 AM
Exactly. You can make a custom PC with a micro ATX motherboard, RAM, CPU etc and use that as a custom controller. They can be put together pretty cheaply but they still consume way more power than a RPi or BeagleBone.
A PC controlling an ASIC miner will draw around 100 watts (obviously if it's GPU mining it's way more).
A BeagleBone draws about 3 watts.
At 10 cents/kWh a PC costs about $7/month to run 24/7.
if someone compiles a tutorial on how to make it run via beaglebone, im happy to oblige A PC controlling an ASIC miner will draw around 100 watts (obviously if it's GPU mining it's way more).
A BeagleBone draws about 3 watts.
At 10 cents/kWh a PC costs about $7/month to run 24/7.
November 20, 2012, 08:33:07 PM
I think you have a good point hardcore, although I'm not sure about the possibility of an iPhone or RPi getting you laid. With that said, here's a guy running cgminer on his linksys router:
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/cgminer-v385-on-broadcom-based-dd-wrt-openwrt-76685
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/cgminer-v385-on-broadcom-based-dd-wrt-openwrt-76685
November 20, 2012, 03:11:49 AM
Is anyone using or thinking about using one of these?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834684001
I think I might pick one up even if I don't use it as a mining controller.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834684001
I think I might pick one up even if I don't use it as a mining controller.
Maybe with Uberoid installed it may work. Those things suck so hard. I played with one at work for about 10 seconds before I gave it back.
You would use it the same exact way you would any of these other devices. Except with the added perk of having a keyboard, mouse, and screen attached to it for quick use.
I don't know why anyone would think to keep (or put it on in the first place...) Windows CE..
OY!!! , windows CE was cutting edge tech. compared to windows8!
Lightweight... all the stability of windows 98... when programs could actually run in under 4mb of ram.
It should be like anything else... you choose your computing equipment & OS to perform a task, unfortunately there is a lot of platform and os 'silliness'
But you can see how it propagates:
The Raspberry Pi is a good solid machine and looks cool (who would not want to tell people they paid 25pounds for a computer?) BUT is it suitable for running a farm of ASICS?
People tend to evaluate hardware along the lines of :
"Hay that's cool/ can get me laid, how can I integrate it into what I'm doing?"
Which is how the whole Iphone/Ipad fiasco got started.
Rather than:
"What do I honestly need to accomplish, what are the requirements, what kit should I use?"
Personally I think that for the coolest/easiest life, people should be looking for a multi-PORT setup to run an ASIC farm NOT trying to cram it all into shitty USB hubs tied into mega SOC's.
HC
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