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Quote from: OmegaNemesis28 on November 13, 2013, 04:32:45 PM

Now I'm kinda bummed about getting the upgrade board. Instead of $1,000 for the board, I really paid $1,300. Of course the market would continue to spike the day after I spent my BTC! haha

It'd be easier to swallow if they would start shipping. Lame that there hasn't been a peep yet. I don't think anyone is going to get them before the weekend now unless you're in Sweden.

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I got my arctic CPU cooler from amazon already 2 day shipping became 1 day somehow. and they aint event shipped out the upgrade modules yet haha

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Quote from: Bargraphics on November 13, 2013, 04:30:20 PM

Quote from: xstr8guy on November 13, 2013, 04:24:55 PM

Everything in KNC world is rainbows and unicorn!

Meanwhile, over in HashFast land, the crybabies are bitching about a picture of the CEO holding a big package of their recently delivered chips. The chips were delivered and they're still crying! What the hell is wrong with this world?

I'm very happy that I went with KNC and Bitfury. But I wish now that I'd have invested in HF too. Sad

You must not understand the actual situation.

They promised end of October/Early November First Batch
They just got their "Silicon" (Not Chips) on Feb 7th
They stated the Substrate (What surrounds the silicon needed to make it into a "Chip) is delayed until Early-Mid December
Once they have the working "Chips" then they have to test them and finally assemble the units.
All of this going into the Holiday Season.
KnC will ship their second batch before HashFast ships their first and HashFast paid $600 more then KnC November Orders and will receive 150+ LESS GH if their chip runs at 400GH like they state.

I'm sure there's more but that should help you understand the mood in that thread.

We had EXACTLY the same "mood" aka assholes in this thread. Remember the last weeks of september? Crumbs and others occupied this thread too and just moved on as soon as KNC started to deliver.

We need a "ban-function" in this forum to keep posters out that most often arent even invested in the company they are trolling and arent adding one productive bit to the issue. They can open their own thread and keep fudding there but there should always be one "clean" thread where a good discussion about pros/cons or whatever is even possible.

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Quote from: xstr8guy on November 13, 2013, 04:24:55 PM

But I wish now that I'd have invested in HF too. Sad

Imagine how much BTC you would've given them at $120 levels and still have to wait until mid-December at the earliest.

Don't regret.

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Hell?

Quote from: OmegaNemesis28 on November 13, 2013, 04:32:45 PM

Now I'm kinda bummed about getting the upgrade board. Instead of $1,000 for the board, I really paid $1,300. Of course the market would continue to spike the day after I spent my BTC! haha

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Suggestion for KNC's GEN2... Native WiFi Wink Wink Wink
a small pci slot on the controller board...and a 5 dollar 10/100 wifi card...

Or USB. The Linux SOC really limits me here at school. I'm already breaking like 5 rules with this on the network because as a standalone "computer", it breaks the support device policy.

you can always sell it to me! and make a little profit...

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Now I'm kinda bummed about getting the upgrade board. Instead of $1,000 for the board, I really paid $1,300. Of course the market would continue to spike the day after I spent my BTC! haha

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Suggestion for KNC's GEN2... Native WiFi Wink Wink Wink
a small pci slot on the controller board...and a 5 dollar 10/100 wifi card...

Or USB. The Linux SOC really limits me here at school. I'm already breaking like 5 rules with this on the network because as a standalone "computer", it breaks the support device policy.

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Quote from: xstr8guy on November 13, 2013, 04:24:55 PM

Everything in KNC world is rainbows and unicorn!

Meanwhile, over in HashFast land, the crybabies are bitching about a picture of the CEO holding a big package of their recently delivered chips. The chips were delivered and they're still crying! What the hell is wrong with this world?

I'm very happy that I went with KNC and Bitfury. But I wish now that I'd have invested in HF too. Sad

You must not understand the actual situation.

They promised end of October/Early November First Batch
They just got their "Silicon" (Not Chips) on Feb 7th
They stated the Substrate (What surrounds the silicon needed to make it into a "Chip) is delayed until Early-Mid December
Once they have the working "Chips" then they have to test them and finally assemble the units.
All of this going into the Holiday Season.
KnC will ship their second batch before HashFast ships their first and HashFast paid $600 more then KnC November Orders and will receive 150+ LESS GH if their chip runs at 400GH like they state.

I'm sure there's more but that should help you understand the mood in that thread.

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Quote from: texaslabrat on November 13, 2013, 04:08:01 PM

Quote from: sickpig on November 13, 2013, 03:34:34 PM

Quote from: Phoenix1969 on November 13, 2013, 02:51:49 PM

Quote from: davewr2013 on November 13, 2013, 02:11:27 PM

Quote from: volosator on November 13, 2013, 01:58:31 PM

So, that extra module that I've ordered. Can I run it with anything else but the main control boards?
Let's say rPi?

Please advice.

It's a BeagleBone Black (Circuito, Newark or Farnell) inside the KNC as far as I can tell. Similar to the RaspeBerry Pi -- but that's all.

which is mounted to the actual controller board..
I don't see how you'd connect the data ribbon to a BBB without one.

What a great morning...Gox @ 427.....coinbase @ 390... nice!

Suggestion for KNC's GEN2... Native WiFi Wink

a small pci slot on the controller board...and a 5 dollar 10/100 wifi card...

sorry for being pedantic but it's a plain BeagleBone, not the Black version. And if memory serves KnC removed the USB interface.

from dmesg:

Code:

[ 2.181344] bone-capemgr bone_capemgr.9: Baseboard: 'A335BNLT,0A5C,3713910497ÿÿ'
[ 2.189138] bone-capemgr bone_capemgr.9: compatible-baseboard=ti,beaglebone-black
[ 2.221178] bone-capemgr bone_capemgr.9: bone: Invalid signature '49313030' at slot 0
[ 2.229407] bone-capemgr bone_capemgr.9: slot #0: No cape found
[ 2.266584] bone-capemgr bone_capemgr.9: slot #1: No cape found
[ 2.303692] bone-capemgr bone_capemgr.9: slot #2: No cape found
[ 2.340802] bone-capemgr bone_capemgr.9: slot #3: No cape found
[ 2.347069] bone-capemgr bone_capemgr.9: slot #4: specific override
[ 2.353678] bone-capemgr bone_capemgr.9: bone: Using override eeprom data at slot 4
[ 2.361723] bone-capemgr bone_capemgr.9: slot #4: 'Bone-LT-eMMC-2G,00A0,Texas Instrument,BB-BONE-EMMC-2G'
[ 2.372230] bone-capemgr bone_capemgr.9: initialized OK.
[ 2.377895] bone-capemgr bone_capemgr.9: slot #4: Requesting firmware 'cape-bone-2g-emmc1.dtbo' for board-name 'Bone-LT-eMMC-2G', version '00A0'

it says "beaglebone-black". I'm not an expert on these things, but I wouldn't imagine a non-black version would have that entry. Could be wrong tho. In addition, some folks matched up the physical layout from the preproduction pictures to be the Black version, IIRC. Anyway, just thought I'd throw that out there in case someone found it interesting/useful.

I stand corrected.
I've been somehow misled by Sam response on this thread.

http://forum.kncminer.com/forum/main-category/hardware/1269-is-the-linux-controller-a-beaglebone-black

but now that I've checked also the amount of memory match the Black version.

Code:

root@mine:~# free
total used free shared buffers
Mem: 510572 40420 470152 0 40
-/+ buffers: 40380 470192
Swap: 0 0 0

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Quote from: volosator on November 13, 2013, 01:58:31 PM

So, that extra module that I've ordered. Can I run it with anything else but the main control boards?
Let's say rPi?

Please advice.

It would appear not, not without some detailed internal documentation on how the host communicates with the modules which I don't believe KNC has released. The higher level operations are handled by a BeagleBone Black which you can buy off the shelf for $40 however the BBB doesn't connect to the modules directly. The BBB connects to a "communication board" which has the 4 (or 6 ports) and more importantly an FPGA running unknown firmware. Without that board or the ability to reverse engineer it you likely are dead in the water.

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Glow Stick Dance!

Everything in KNC world is rainbows and unicorn!

Meanwhile, over in HashFast land, the crybabies are bitching about a picture of the CEO holding a big package of their recently delivered chips. The chips were delivered and they're still crying! What the hell is wrong with this world?

I'm very happy that I went with KNC and Bitfury. But I wish now that I'd have invested in HF too. Sad

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Quote from: texaslabrat on November 13, 2013, 04:08:01 PM

Quote from: sickpig on November 13, 2013, 03:34:34 PM

Quote from: Phoenix1969 on November 13, 2013, 02:51:49 PM

Quote from: davewr2013 on November 13, 2013, 02:11:27 PM

Quote from: volosator on November 13, 2013, 01:58:31 PM

So, that extra module that I've ordered. Can I run it with anything else but the main control boards?
Let's say rPi?

Please advice.

It's a BeagleBone Black (Circuito, Newark or Farnell) inside the KNC as far as I can tell. Similar to the RaspeBerry Pi -- but that's all.

which is mounted to the actual controller board..
I don't see how you'd connect the data ribbon to a BBB without one.

What a great morning...Gox @ 427.....coinbase @ 390... nice!

Suggestion for KNC's GEN2... Native WiFi Wink

a small pci slot on the controller board...and a 5 dollar 10/100 wifi card...

sorry for being pedantic but it's a plain BeagleBone, not the Black version. And if memory serves KnC removed the USB interface.

from dmesg:

Code:

[ 2.181344] bone-capemgr bone_capemgr.9: Baseboard: 'A335BNLT,0A5C,3713910497ÿÿ'
[ 2.189138] bone-capemgr bone_capemgr.9: compatible-baseboard=ti,beaglebone-black
[ 2.221178] bone-capemgr bone_capemgr.9: bone: Invalid signature '49313030' at slot 0
[ 2.229407] bone-capemgr bone_capemgr.9: slot #0: No cape found
[ 2.266584] bone-capemgr bone_capemgr.9: slot #1: No cape found
[ 2.303692] bone-capemgr bone_capemgr.9: slot #2: No cape found
[ 2.340802] bone-capemgr bone_capemgr.9: slot #3: No cape found
[ 2.347069] bone-capemgr bone_capemgr.9: slot #4: specific override
[ 2.353678] bone-capemgr bone_capemgr.9: bone: Using override eeprom data at slot 4
[ 2.361723] bone-capemgr bone_capemgr.9: slot #4: 'Bone-LT-eMMC-2G,00A0,Texas Instrument,BB-BONE-EMMC-2G'
[ 2.372230] bone-capemgr bone_capemgr.9: initialized OK.
[ 2.377895] bone-capemgr bone_capemgr.9: slot #4: Requesting firmware 'cape-bone-2g-emmc1.dtbo' for board-name 'Bone-LT-eMMC-2G', version '00A0'

it says "beaglebone-black". I'm not an expert on these things, but I wouldn't imagine a non-black version would have that entry. Could be wrong tho. In addition, some folks matched up the physical layout from the preproduction pictures to be the Black version, IIRC. Anyway, just thought I'd throw that out there in case someone found it interesting/useful.

And the version before the BBB used more power. Not likely they'd go with the less efficient.

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Quote from: sickpig on November 13, 2013, 03:34:34 PM

Quote from: Phoenix1969 on November 13, 2013, 02:51:49 PM

Quote from: davewr2013 on November 13, 2013, 02:11:27 PM

Quote from: volosator on November 13, 2013, 01:58:31 PM

So, that extra module that I've ordered. Can I run it with anything else but the main control boards?
Let's say rPi?

Please advice.

It's a BeagleBone Black (Circuito, Newark or Farnell) inside the KNC as far as I can tell. Similar to the RaspeBerry Pi -- but that's all.

which is mounted to the actual controller board..
I don't see how you'd connect the data ribbon to a BBB without one.

What a great morning...Gox @ 427.....coinbase @ 390... nice!

Suggestion for KNC's GEN2... Native WiFi Wink

a small pci slot on the controller board...and a 5 dollar 10/100 wifi card...

sorry for being pedantic but it's a plain BeagleBone, not the Black version. And if memory serves KnC removed the USB interface.

from dmesg:

Code:

[ 2.181344] bone-capemgr bone_capemgr.9: Baseboard: 'A335BNLT,0A5C,3713910497ÿÿ'
[ 2.189138] bone-capemgr bone_capemgr.9: compatible-baseboard=ti,beaglebone-black
[ 2.221178] bone-capemgr bone_capemgr.9: bone: Invalid signature '49313030' at slot 0
[ 2.229407] bone-capemgr bone_capemgr.9: slot #0: No cape found
[ 2.266584] bone-capemgr bone_capemgr.9: slot #1: No cape found
[ 2.303692] bone-capemgr bone_capemgr.9: slot #2: No cape found
[ 2.340802] bone-capemgr bone_capemgr.9: slot #3: No cape found
[ 2.347069] bone-capemgr bone_capemgr.9: slot #4: specific override
[ 2.353678] bone-capemgr bone_capemgr.9: bone: Using override eeprom data at slot 4
[ 2.361723] bone-capemgr bone_capemgr.9: slot #4: 'Bone-LT-eMMC-2G,00A0,Texas Instrument,BB-BONE-EMMC-2G'
[ 2.372230] bone-capemgr bone_capemgr.9: initialized OK.
[ 2.377895] bone-capemgr bone_capemgr.9: slot #4: Requesting firmware 'cape-bone-2g-emmc1.dtbo' for board-name 'Bone-LT-eMMC-2G', version '00A0'

it says "beaglebone-black". I'm not an expert on these things, but I wouldn't imagine a non-black version would have that entry. Could be wrong tho. In addition, some folks matched up the physical layout from the preproduction pictures to be the Black version, IIRC. Anyway, just thought I'd throw that out there in case someone found it interesting/useful.

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Quote from: CYPER on November 13, 2013, 01:03:10 PM

Quote from: Aggrophobia on November 13, 2013, 12:57:02 PM

Quote from: soy on November 13, 2013, 12:51:52 PM

Quote from: ElGabo on November 13, 2013, 12:31:34 PM

Quote from: CYPER on November 13, 2013, 12:16:33 PM

For anyone interested to make his own ribbon cables of any length you need to buy only 2 things:

IDC Ribbon Cable Mount Sockets:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/5x-IDC-FC-Cable-Mounting-Socket-Connector-/260969971329?pt=UK_BOI_Electrical_Components_Supplies_ET&var=&hash=item3cc305be81
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/IDC-Ribbon-Cable-Mount-Sockets-10-14-16-20-26-34-40-or-50-way-UK-Seller-/221275565331?pt=UK_BOI_Electrical_Components_Supplies_ET&var=&hash=item33850d2d13

Flat Ribbon Cable:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1m-0-32mm-28AWG-Grey-Ribbon-Flat-Cable-/260972265133?pt=UK_BOI_Electrical_Components_Supplies_ET&var=&hash=item3cc328bead

Imake them on the same way...

So, looking reasonably simple press fit insulation piercing. Is there a best compression tool or are most going with channel lock pliers? I know when I make my own RJ45 connectors, the insulation piercing is okay but not 100%, 100% of the time and this with a fairly decent RJ45 crimping tool. When hashrate falls showing a module has died I'd bet the failure to be a homemade ribbon cable. I have ordered a roll of cable with connectors. Just wondering about a best compression tool without getting to ampenol costs.

http://www.voelkner.de/products/10092/Crimpzange-Schneidklemmtechnik-Flachbandkabel-56x15-5mm.html

You don't really need that, do you?
You can press it with fingers or common pliers, right?

I'll probably go with a small heavy vice.

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Quote from: Phoenix1969 on November 13, 2013, 02:51:49 PM

Quote from: davewr2013 on November 13, 2013, 02:11:27 PM

Quote from: volosator on November 13, 2013, 01:58:31 PM

So, that extra module that I've ordered. Can I run it with anything else but the main control boards?
Let's say rPi?

Please advice.

It's a BeagleBone Black (Circuito, Newark or Farnell) inside the KNC as far as I can tell. Similar to the RaspeBerry Pi -- but that's all.

which is mounted to the actual controller board..
I don't see how you'd connect the data ribbon to a BBB without one.

What a great morning...Gox @ 427.....coinbase @ 390... nice!

Suggestion for KNC's GEN2... Native WiFi Wink

a small pci slot on the controller board...and a 5 dollar 10/100 wifi card...

sorry for being pedantic but it's a plain BeagleBone, not the Black version. And if memory serves KnC removed the USB interface.

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a chart that makes more sense for non-Asians...somewhat like Clark Moody, but for Bitstamp, instead of Gox...
http://bitcoinwisdom.com/

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Quote from: Phoenix1969 on November 13, 2013, 02:51:49 PM

Suggestion for KNC's GEN2... Native WiFi Wink

a small pci slot on the controller board...and a 5 dollar 10/100 wifi card...

I fully support this suggestion Grin

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Quote from: davewr2013 on November 13, 2013, 02:11:27 PM

Quote from: volosator on November 13, 2013, 01:58:31 PM

So, that extra module that I've ordered. Can I run it with anything else but the main control boards?
Let's say rPi?

Please advice.

It's a BeagleBone Black (Circuito, Newark or Farnell) inside the KNC as far as I can tell. Similar to the RaspeBerry Pi -- but that's all.

which is mounted to the actual controller board..
I don't see how you'd connect the data ribbon to a BBB without one.

What a great morning...Gox @ 427.....coinbase @ 390... nice!

Suggestion for KNC's GEN2... Native WiFi Wink

a small pci slot on the controller board...and a 5 dollar 10/100 wifi card...

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Quote from: volosator on November 13, 2013, 01:58:31 PM

So, that extra module that I've ordered. Can I run it with anything else but the main control boards?
Let's say rPi?

Please advice.

It's a BeagleBone Black (Circuito, Newark or Farnell) inside the KNC as far as I can tell. Similar to the RaspeBerry Pi -- but that's all.

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So, that extra module that I've ordered. Can I run it with anything else but the main control boards?
Let's say rPi?

Please advice.

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it's not needed but recommended

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