Quote from: tom_o on May 16, 2013, 11:37:58 AM

Quote from: sensei on May 16, 2013, 11:35:14 AM

Quote from: Bicknellski on May 16, 2013, 09:25:42 AM

Just a question BKKcoins... will each board have a serial / id number?

Maybe a sticker with a serial number in a keepout zone?

I noticed that some manufactures offer the service of embedding an RFID chip in the board material itself. I wonder what the cost is, but I'd bet it would double the cost of this board.

I think he means in the firmware so mining software can differentiate.

Couldn't the share LED's be used for troubleshooting? A raspi could be setup to monitor how often they blink with the new camera attatchment.

I though of that, but if I bought all the parts and put together the board and flashed it, how would it get a different serial number? You would have to have a programming station that serializes the firmware when programming each part.

Maxim makes several serial number ICs such as the DS2401, but they are all expensive with the cheapest one I've seen at $1.43 each in quantities of 500.