Quote from: barrywu2013 on May 14, 2013, 02:35:21 PM

Can I pay through Visa?

I don't have much BTC Cheesy

Thanks!

I wouldnt take it, CC's are possible to chargeback. I had this in my shop a couple of times through paypal. PP didnt had a chance against the CC-Companies then.

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´thank you. One thing, can you have a small border around the board 5mm? with such a border it is much easier for assembly lines or something like a pulling border?

There is almost that now but there are a few parts within 5mm of the edge. Not sure about that as I didn't really design it for automated assembly lines (something which I know nothing about). I suppose you could use a slightly bigger board size.

1. Easy to add 5mm to the edges to get 105mm x 105mm around is best suggestion for those needing manufacturing clearance.
2. I think you should limit you designs as much as possible until you are good and ready and have a prototype you are happy to release.
3. Take you time on the update to the first post spend whatever time you need on the important stuff we can point to the posts in the thread if people need clarification for now.
4. NICE looking boards... compact... 4.5GH/s monster that will be 32W!!! Meow!

THANK - YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Adding 5mm to all sides of a 100mm board would be 110mm. Wink

I agree with others, Burnin'. I wouldn't post anything until you're sure it's actually ready. Personally, I think you should hang onto the prints for long enough to make sure that you get paid for your work, before somebody else swoops in and steals it, and starts selling boards from underneath you. I think you deserve to at least have a decent head start on selling boards before everybody else.

If I were in your position, I would finalize plans, run a group buy/order of assembled boards (minus chips) done by an assembly shop, sell them to anybody who wants them, and then release the prints to the public something like 2 weeks after you've shipped boards to those who ordered.

This gives you a window to recoup some money for your efforts, and gives people an incentive to order through you, while allowing people to chose other routes if they're willing to wait a little longer, in order to be cheapskates. In addition, if you don't feel like dealing with organizing the assembly and shipping, you could license your plans (with a non-disclosure agreement) to a few people who are willing to give you a cut of the profits while they produce and sell the boards, and again, hold back the plans for public release for a set window of time.

I'm all about the open source, but I believe you deserve the opportunity to make a return for all your hard work. Regardless of how you work it, I'll be sending donations to you as well (in addition to whatever I have to pay to get your boards), once I am up and mining Bitcoin.

+1

I want to see you rewarded. I think the ultimate test would be the sample miner anyway. But i think the sample chips will be a few only, so probably you need to think about how to test a board with only some chips on it.