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Re: [Ann] US based Avalon ASIC chips and assembly: 3,333 remaining
by
FuzzyThunder
on 21/06/2013, 14:43:37 UTC
I'm poking around looking for case/housing options for these miners.  What are the anticipated final dimensions of one fully assembled unit, please?  If the unit is stored in a case, would the bottom standoffs still be necessary? (i.e., do they serve some purpose other than providing spacing between stacked units?)

I believe the K16 is 10cm X 10cm but its height is variable(heatsink!).

Here's the Klondike discussion thread: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=190731
And here's the github: https://github.com/bkkcoins/klondike

If you're not stacking them then the standoffs will probably attach directly to the case. Think about the standoffs on a regular computer motherboard that attach it to its case; same idea. The bottom standoffs keep the uneven surface of the assembled PCB from just sitting there on the bottom of the case.

I'm thinking about just making a case out of plexi when the time comes. It'll be cheap and easy and it'll look neat.