Is that from a real KNC bridgeboard?
C
yes, it's real real small, needed 2 pairs of glasses, to double magnify it -- and it's on qberty b1 and b2
Hm. Is qberty2 possibly cold-soldered?
C
My local manufacturer seemed to have screwed up the second batch with part sourcing which actually doesn't happen often. Unfortunately, I finally realized there is nothing I can do to the boards to prevent the Pi's from smelting them like a lightning bolt. However, for working Pi's i'll be making more bridges.
If anyone wants a bridge for a WORKING Pi, PM me. Everyone should know, that my first batch worked fine, but my larger second batch did not. So i'm going to be doing smaller batches from now on so they can be looked at with more detail before shipping. I'm also limiting customers to only those that have proof they have a working Pi, or those that accept that refunds aren't possible.
Again, I realize everyone that ordered batch 2 became royally screwed, and i'll be mailing out replacements from the third batch. If enough people want to buy the bridges to warrant a third batch.
PS. I'm also working on a way to get a PC to push the titans instead of the controller (as i've reverse engineered some of the stuff on the board and figured some things out using a cyclone IV exploit, more on that later). I just want to get rid of the Pi's and the bridge altogether instead of having to rely on them. Maybe a simple rewire board that anyone can make or that can be provided super cheap and a main controller pc/laptop.
Can you tell us what the part was (digikey) and the nature of the fail (why would it kill a Pi?) so I can fix some of them for people?
C
I'm actually under an NDA due to my manipulation of the cyclone, which is why I haven't chimed in to tell anyone any of the parts. However, I assure you as soon as the sale goes over and KnC is cleared up (legally), I can divulge anything you want.
As for why the Pi is fucking with the boards themselves is just poor choice of product. If they stuck with a beaglebone this stupid problem wouldn't have been an issue in the first place. The old Pi's have a voltage flutter that the bridges absolutely cannot tolerate. This is very much a Pi problem and is present in all Pi's of version 1.1 and 1.2 when dealing with their I/O hardware connections.
I can tell you there's some double tracing going on with the board and it tends to happen when you design a PCB like that (which is why my Batch 2's were messed up after first test use). I'll be back and forth with some people, but as soon as I can I will post the exact part.
KNC is legally bankrupt sold and gone. You can contact the bankruptcy firm to confirm. The company is Kaput...miners have been liguidated on a fire sale (I got 6 of them at 1900 bucks each 400mh with shipping) this last July.
So you have been off the hook for months
Still confused on what you mean by a 'proper working pi' all my pi's were/are NEW Raspberry Pi B+ 512mb replacements....they all work.
Also the bridges of qberty 2nd batch I tested fried nothing. On my Titan board or my Pi or anything. Just sat there and did not light up. I know this because I got a ''used' Titan Pi bridge
for 0.5 BTC (figured what the hell overpay I had 100 bucks in a Neptune 6 port board and 50 bucks in Pi by that point anyway...so for (at the time btc was) price of 325 usd
I got a spare titan bridge out of it ...when you get lemons make lemonade or so my roundabout way of justifying 0.5 btc for a working bridge works)
Anyway ..used all same Neptune board parts ribbons PI Sd card etc on the 'used titan bridge' and all was hunky dory worked just fine
So again ..nothing screwed up at my end...nothing fried...it just plain did not work ...and I had 3 of them 2nd batch bridges all the same just did not light up ..board and pi
are fine that tested with above...and all working fine on the used bridge after the fact
Well shoot your info to Lightfoot... your NDA also back in the day LIKELY did not apply to telling a Tech how to FIX your product bridgeboard. on your permission to make a production run that your NDA was involved with.....otherwise you could never have told the techs in China how to reverse engineer it...if you can tell folk outside of the NDA how to make it and what parts etc..you certainly can tell your tech folk (employed or contracted) on how to fix them
If you are really paranoid tell Lightfoot the info and get a NDA out of him and have even cover if it makes you feel better. But again KNC is gone...I have their equipment and others bought out the rest of it.
They are no more.
https://news.bitcoin.com/knc-miner-sold-serious-swedish-buyer/Talk or email the main guy below ..he is the one who did the liquidation sale and also the whole bankurptcy
.....just ask him .he always replied promptly on the liquidation sale process.
Nils Åberg
Advokat
Partner
Advokatfirman Carler
P.O Box 7557
SE 103 93 Stockholm
Sweden
Phone: +46 8 522 532 00
Direct: + 46 8 522 532 15
Fax: +46 8 522 532 10
Mob: +46 70 545 21 25
[email protected]Secretary: Carina Christiansson (
[email protected])
www.carler.seAlso sent you a pm of the above.