Quote from: WorkHorse78 on March 08, 2016, 08:52:32 PM

What is the overhead to use a USB controller in the Pod Miner?

Quote from: sidehack on March 08, 2016, 09:31:44 PM

Well part of the advantage is I don't have to write a driver for it, which is good since I'm already doing everything else (and probably also code work, since the guy who's supposed to be helping hasn't gotten back to me in 3 weeks) for a couple other projects right now - on top of manufacturing and hosting. If someone wants to port over S5 code to work with a USB/UART controller, this guy would hook right up to it - except you wouldn't have a temp sensor since that ties in through I2C on the 18-pin header. I had a board design about Christmas with all that stuff integrated, and I handed it to Novak for firmware but he never got around to it and then he left for a freakin' sweet rocket scientist job so it's not gonna get done in any time frame where the BM1384 is even really viable as a hobby miner, not when I have A3218 and BitFury projects already underway.

I was hoping the usability would be just as good as the Compac. Could find a chip that supports both USB and Ethernet but adding a microcontroller can be heavy with programming and finding one that is easy to work with(Software version 7.0?). I could understand by keeping it simple and the cost down by not having 3-5 different chips to support it that the Beaglebone could already do.

I'm sorry that you lost the resource of someone who could do firmware and software.

Why are the Compac's selling out?

A3218 and BitFury projects already underway? Should we see a different version of this that uses less than 50watts? With Next-Gen Chips?

Quote from: Mikestang on March 09, 2016, 12:43:47 AM

One of my computers has issues with USB miners (U3, nanofury stick, compac, you name it), I would generally prefer miners to use ethernet connections. Not sure if I'm in the minority or majority on this one...

Some computer mainboards either use cheap USB chipsets and hope that they work or the driver/firmware support may not be 99%. Everyone only needs to use USB for just a mouse and keyboard right?

Quote from: 2112 on March 09, 2016, 05:36:15 AM

Quote from: sidehack on March 09, 2016, 05:04:07 AM

...And either way, it's not happening for a BM1384 pod.

I'm not buying your answer.

Quote from: sidehack on October 08, 2015, 12:05:14 AM

So, Novak and I are working on a proof-of-concept device which we think has potential.

October 8th of 2015... Without Novak working on this idea, I'm pretty sure that it's dead unless if someone else can make up for 5 months of development?