Re: GekkoScience Compac BM1384 Stickminer Official Support Thread
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It was me and it's not available at Amazon under that name anymore but the identical hub is named PAG now. Do a search for pag usb hub on Amazon. These are great and do run on the Pi using usb3.
It was me and it's not available at Amazon under that name anymore but the identical hub is named PAG now. Do a search for pag usb hub on Amazon. These are great and do run on the Pi using usb3.
Yes. I seen it mentioned some where (but couldn't remember by who) and gave it a shot.
Been working great, except for if you push it hard, it gets way to hot.
Been thinking of opening it up to see if I could cut some slots and maybe add a little 5V Pi case fan, to get some air flow inside the hub to help keep it cool.
I pushed the hub to the 70W limit (probably a little over) for a short time, did 4 sticks at 340 when it got hot (with plenty of air from fans blowing over the case).
Settled on 4 at 310, seems to be a good mix with the hub just being a little warm to the touch. With some kind of air flow going to the inside of the hub or through it, it would probably do 4 sticks at about 320-325 and stay cool.