On the hacking front - is there a way to get diagnostics or self-check data from the device itself - to see how it "thinks" it's mining? Some basic messaging through the USB to UART port?
The SPI port is accessible from the breakout pins so a lot could be done with that. I was going to try and pull the firmware off the chip if/when I get time.
Too bad friedcat didn't think about the possibility for the unit to report it's temps back.
The CGMiner shows nothing where GPU show fan speed and temps, so i guess it is not possible in Hardware.
So i guess no, that is not possible.
The CGMiner shows nothing where GPU show fan speed and temps, so i guess it is not possible in Hardware.
So i guess no, that is not possible.
Theres no fan or thermistor on the board and I doubt theres one in the asic so there would be nothing to report back. A thermistor would have required at least another resistor and a pin on the micro so I can see when he didn't put one in there as theres not much room as it is. Plus I'm not sure I would want to see the temps sometimes they may get quite scarry sometimes!
