This is a completely different design. The only thing in common is they both have Avalon ASIC chips. The Avalon design does not have a micro-controller on board, my design does not have an FPGA. So their firmware is FPGA firmware and mine is PIC firmware. Due to this even the cgminer driver will be different. But this has all been known for 2 months now so it's not news to anyone who has been investing effort/time in Klondike products.


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Just to update everyone in case it's not clear:

I've arrived back from Bkk and have sample chips from steamboat, final needed parts from Mouser, and K16 boards from China. I will be initially testing power supply on the boards and then PIC on the K1 and then mount an ASIC on a K1 for comm. tests. So barring unexpected set backs (like solder paste that turns out to be useless), I should be able to report something on ASIC communication within a day or two.