How difficult it is to make an Avalon based DIY ASIC?
Do forgive me for sounding like a newbie - I tend to think of DIY as plug&play as long as you could find the right components & firmware - and I really want to know what would be the biggest challenge towards making a 50Gh/s + miner based off Avalon?
Because it possible to buy Avalon based ASIC chips, it should be in theory possible for DIYers to make miners today - but is there anything preventing it from being done today?
What you could find today:
240 or 320 Avalon chips (282MH/s Avalon chips)
TP-LINK WR703N
PDU (should be easy to make?)
Extra parts: connector, fans, PSU, cooling
It's said that "communication protocol, reference board design provided in early May" for the DIYers - so basically the only thing the DIYers are waiting for is:
Control Unit (very challenging part?)
https://en.bitcoin.it/w/images/en/4/41/Avalon-modular-4.jpg
I've got a feeling I've over-simplified by a large margin - and left many important difficulty out - and would appreciate if someone could point some direction!
Do forgive me for sounding like a newbie - I tend to think of DIY as plug&play as long as you could find the right components & firmware - and I really want to know what would be the biggest challenge towards making a 50Gh/s + miner based off Avalon?
Because it possible to buy Avalon based ASIC chips, it should be in theory possible for DIYers to make miners today - but is there anything preventing it from being done today?What you could find today:
240 or 320 Avalon chips (282MH/s Avalon chips)
TP-LINK WR703N
PDU (should be easy to make?)
Extra parts: connector, fans, PSU, cooling
It's said that "communication protocol, reference board design provided in early May" for the DIYers - so basically the only thing the DIYers are waiting for is:
Control Unit (very challenging part?)
https://en.bitcoin.it/w/images/en/4/41/Avalon-modular-4.jpg
I've got a feeling I've over-simplified by a large margin - and left many important difficulty out - and would appreciate if someone could point some direction!