We want to design a USB miner...please help

rostbiffen

member

Activity: 69

Merit: 10

Quote from: adnanabbas on December 19, 2013, 07:02:12 PM

I was hoping to use the ANTMINER chips

Antminer is not a chip.
Antminer U1 USB uses BITMAIN chips,
minimum order qty from bitmain is 99 BTC in LOT of 10,000 pcs.

Bitfury chips are almost imposible to find.

You can join group buys for chips, but i think you need volume to eran money on this. With smaler volumes it is cheaper to buy from sushi.

forzendiablo

legendary

Activity: 1526

Merit: 1000

the grandpa of cryptos

i admien what u want to do - i cant help since i dont know anything but dont listen to peopel saying u cant.

if u want, u can do anythign and learn it.

vs3

hero member

Activity: 622

Merit: 500

Quote from: atmclikk on December 19, 2013, 09:37:24 PM

dude.... someone already did this and released the entire BOM (bill of materials), Gerber Docs, etc. It was for bitfury chips. Search the custom hardware forum.

Yup - one such example is the NanoFury

See my signature for more details.

reactor

sr. member

Activity: 420

Merit: 250

Quote from: Anddos on December 19, 2013, 08:49:59 PM

I would you suggest get an fpga starter kit from amazon,there is no well in hell you can just presume you can create a usb miner without knowing how circuitry works.

Totally off-topic, never even thought to look for something like that despite being curious about tinkering in hardware as a hobby. Thanks for the otherwise obvious idea.

adnanabbas

full member

Activity: 224

Merit: 100

Quote from: atmclikk on December 19, 2013, 09:37:24 PM

dude.... someone already did this and released the entire BOM (bill of materials), Gerber Docs, etc. It was for bitfury chips. Search the custom hardware forum.

really, all you need to do then (you say you are funded, right?) is buy a boatload of bitfury chips (im not sure where you get a boatload of BF chips... actually think there may be a shortage right now) then find a PCB Fabrication outfit that is willing to basically take the design and the asic chips and assemble them into your new usb miners. in theory, its actually a viable business plan for someone with little to no EE experience, just some business sense and be able to figure out what different files in which format you need to supply to the Fab house.

good luck dude. if i happen to remember the name of the project i will update.

What you have explain here, is exactly the situation im in. I will search the forum to see what i can find. As far as boat load of chips go, I don't want to commit buying tons of chips. Samples to work with would be a good start.

atmclikk

newbie

Activity: 30

Merit: 0

these types of threads always have some quasi insane twist...

im really unsure of what you were expecting to get from people here... a walk through tutorial on miner building? If thats it, I would probably hunt down someone who has done it before and pay him or her to teach you....

atmclikk

newbie

Activity: 30

Merit: 0

dude.... someone already did this and released the entire BOM (bill of materials), Gerber Docs, etc. It was for bitfury chips. Search the custom hardware forum.

really, all you need to do then (you say you are funded, right?) is buy a boatload of bitfury chips (im not sure where you get a boatload of BF chips... actually think there may be a shortage right now) then find a PCB Fabrication outfit that is willing to basically take the design and the asic chips and assemble them into your new usb miners. in theory, its actually a viable business plan for someone with little to no EE experience, just some business sense and be able to figure out what different files in which format you need to supply to the Fab house.

good luck dude. if i happen to remember the name of the project i will update.

adnanabbas

full member

Activity: 224

Merit: 100

I am hoping to start from scratch

Anddos

sr. member

Activity: 378

Merit: 250

I would you suggest get an fpga starter kit from amazon,there is no well in hell you can just presume you can create a usb miner without knowing how circuitry works.

RickJamesBTC

sr. member

Activity: 378

Merit: 250

Have you ever had a custom PCB made? Designed one?

adnanabbas

full member

Activity: 224

Merit: 100

I was hoping to use the ANTMINER chips

Beastlymac

hero member

Activity: 630

Merit: 501

Miner Setup And Reviews. WASP Rep.

What chip to you plan to base your design off?

adnanabbas

full member

Activity: 224

Merit: 100

I am dead serious, I have been looking at Klondike Design. I just need some guidance.

HellDiverUK

hero member

Activity: 1246

Merit: 501

Not sure if serious. Huh

adnanabbas

full member

Activity: 224

Merit: 100

Hello to all.

Cut a long story short. My old man is going to fund the project. I would like to design a USB miner. Could someone please point me in the right direction. I need design info (PCB, chips)

Thanks

Topic: We want to design a USB miner...please help (Read 1290 times)