Do you think its appropriate to use a standard ATX PSU for the Onda board or will a server PSU along w a pico be the recommendation?
Tough call the onda needs six power inputs 3 sata and 3 molex. So first test will be with exactly that.
that atx psu has six separate cables.
3 sata 3 molex
it also has 5x 2 head pcie cables
and it can put out 1000 watts at the wall for months on end.
I am afraid to try a server with a pico until I test it with an atx.
once I do that I have adapters that go pcie to molex and pcie to sata.
I just had a cross wired pcie cable come from parallel miners. to be fair it would be 1 of 80 done wrong.
but if I use that pcie to a molex and power this board I think I go boom.
I want to be careful on the test build
Yep. I love those little Canon Elphs. Still have a 15-year old ELPH 100 and bought a 110HS five years ago just because it does make great 1080p for a pocket toy PS camera. Guess it's time to upgrade again...
Speaking of upgrades. Here's what FedEx Santa just left at my door a few minutes ago.
It's a 66lbs box worth of eight 30A 250V PDUs. Eight C13 outlets per unit. Fully manageable.
Switched and Metered per outlet. It even measures Power Factor per outlet. Top of the line model from BayTech:
http://www.baytech.net/product/mmp-modular/.
Some IT recycling company from Texas has listed them as Baytec (with no h) and got no hits on ebay for $100 e.a. shipped. I talked them into selling them for
$55 e.a. shipped in US. Best thing for you guys is that they still have two units left (while supplies last hehe):
https://www.theitmart.com/category/power-supplies/39845/mmp101-baytec-mmp-8-outlets-8-x-iec-60320-c13-1u-horizontal-rackmount-pdu
And a quick peek inside.

I ordered one pdu 55 for that is good price. looks like I can turn it on and off