Topic: Who likes pod miners? - page 19. (Read 56018 times)

100MHz (44GH) 660mV/node 2.64V total; 12V 1.4A for 16.8W/0.38J/GH
125MHz (55GH) 660mV/node 2.64V total; 12V 1.7A for 20.4W/0.37J/GH
150MHz (66GH) 660mV/node 2.64V total; 12V 2.0A for 24.0W/0.36J/GH
175MHz (77GH) 693mV/node 2.77V total; 12V 2.5A for 30.0W/0.39J/GH
200MHz (88GH) 715mV/node 2.86V total; 12V 3.1A for 37.2W/0.42J/GH
225MHz (99GH) 755mV/node 3.02V total; 12V 3.8A for 45.6W/0.46J/GH
250MHz (110GH) 770mV/node 3.08V total; 12V 4.4A for 52.8W/0.48J/GH
275MHz (121GH) 770mV/node 3.08V total; 12V 4.9A for 58.8W/0.49J/GH

I think 275MHz is reaching the upper limit of the main regulator.

You might be able to get stable results with a lower core voltage. The onboard controller will have an automatic reset function if it detects the chips lock up and drop out, which will help overall stability when operating near thresholds. That wasn't available for the above tests, so I'll repeat tests when everything's finalized.

Pretty much everything is being sold to raise money for future projects. I don't take in investment money or anything, so building and selling is the only way to move forward. The Terminus and 2Pac originally started as a project to raise money for Bitfury gear development. I've got newer better stuff in the R&D pipeline, and sales of current products will fund their development and manufacture.

I'm coordinating with a friend in need (see sig links) about doing small sales on commission. If that works out, y'all will have a point of contact a whole lot more patient and cheerful than I tend to be. So that's good news for everyone. We'll get pricing figured out shortly.

I'll do 5 at the price you set.

I'm in for 5 at $100 or $125

I look forward to buying seven  terminus pods with cables and power supplies.

so these are going to be around 100 ghs at 40 or so watts?

I'll also take 1 for 125 if that's the price. Do you think that will be the kit price or just for the miner? Been looking forward to the terminus for awhile and am super excited!

I'd take 4 at $125 too.  Seems like a reasonable spot between the 2pac and a full blown asic miner.

$125 and I'll take 4

I'd put $125 on 1 and take 4 of them...

I'd put a Ben Franklin on 1. 

*starts hearing Larry The Cable Guy doing his auctioneer impression*
25, 35, 45, 55

So, a bit of news. I had some time yesterday and today to work on firmware, and have successfully tested the last thing I hadn't already at least messed with - interfacing to the temperature sensor. I'm able to talk to it and get temperature data back, which means I'll be able to implement temperature-controlled fan speed and, more importantly, an overtemp shutdown for safety.

As of right now I just have an assembly file with a whole bunch of disjointed routines testing various aspects of control, but I'll have more time in a couple days to get everything pulled together and interacting nicely. Maybe by week's end I'll have something I can run functional tests on a fully working miner and make sure it does what I want.

I didn't want to start batching until I knew I had working firmware and there wasn't anything else I needed to change on the board in order to get all the controls going. But if all that works, I'll be able to start manufacturing these guys.

So the last question is, what's an appropriate price tag? Some of y'all chomping at the bit to get these, what would you pay for one?

POD MINERS

Sidehack, you mentioned some CNC builds - what are you working on in that space?

Now that my U3 has bit the dust... Hope the Pod development is almost finished. My RPI is lonely. I'd love to put in a few pre-orders!

Awesome - can't wait to see what is coming!

I hate it when people flake, tends to happen a lot these days better just to do things yourself as much as possible.

Not yet. My firmware guy's been AWOL since sometime in November, so I'm just gonna do it myself. That's pretty much the last step, since all the hardware was finalized and ready for assembly before Thanksgiving. But we've shipped over 3100 2Pacs since Thanksgiving and that ate up a lot of time, seeing as that would have been about a 10-week job not too long ago.

But now I've got enough competent help and they're all trained at everything so we can still keep up production with me only putting in 3-4 days per week on it, which means 1-2 days per week of R&D time. Step one, finish the Terminus pod. Step two, newer and better things.

I would be interested if these are produced

Those Bitfury designs will be awesome!

Maybe one of these days I'll get the firmware finished up. The guy I handed the job off to still hasn't finished, and 2Pac manufacture leading up to Christmas has been seriously kicking my butt. But I've got a good crew and things'll slow down soon, so I'm hoping to open up at least one day a week specifically for R&D. Finally get some stuff done. In addition to the BM1384 Terminus pod, I've got two CNC builds, some other machinery, Bitfury design and a new stick idea piling up. Starting to run out of back burners.

But we'll get caught up here soon.