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Re: [Ann] US based Avalon ASIC chips and assembly: 715 remaining
by
rocks
on 27/06/2013, 17:53:04 UTC
Here is the latest from Bkk on the K16 overclocking issue

My current opinion / standing on the over-clocking power issues is that I'll get the current version working fully and then do a version 2 board that uses the IR3847 buck reg chip instead. The circuit is almost identical and just has some position/orientation changes. The sourcing may be more difficult but it's still the better choice for boosting the on-board power without too much redesign. Most of the parts are value changes to similar parts. I think the main issue will be the Cyntec 0.215 uH inductor (PCDC1008-R215EMO) and for those looking at sourcing and supply I'd start digging into how to get test samples and place larger orders of that part. It doesn't seem to be commonly available at Mouser/Digikey et al.

Just some forward looking comments at this point.

On the K1 it's possible to replace the 6502A with the 6503A and use a powered hub to get up to 3A of juice for the ASIC over-clocking. It's almost the same price anyway but would require a small bump in inductor choice.

I am a bit stuck on what is best to do now. It seems 20-30% overclocking is quite reasonable for these chips. Even 20% is a significant bump that greatly increases the K16's ROI with 5.414 GH/s vs. 4.512GH/s.

So now I'm trying to figure out which option is best, any thoughts would be appreciated.

Option 1) Buy assembly as-is, receive 4.5GH/s boards and maybe tweak a bit if possible later
Option 2) Take chips only, find alternative assembly using Bkk's rev 2 board
Option 3) Have steamboat populate my K16's with only 13 or 14 chips per board to enable power overhead (not sure if this is even a possibility)