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Re: Avalon2 based miner from Technobit - HEX16A2
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Melb
on 07/12/2013, 14:11:13 UTC
Excellent review and pictures Smiley
Any ideas on how you can link them together so uses one usb controller? What PSU would be the best ?

Thanks

Glad you liked it Smiley

There is no can-bus support in this revision of the board, so you'll need powered USB hub for more boards.

best
2GOOD

Do not need to be powered anymore.
Only Avalon gen1 based HEX16A requires powered hub.
With HEX16B and A2 you can used passive hub and to power even tp-link router from the boards and hub .
10x to our board designer for the efforts in this direction

Nice move! The TP-Link router doesn't seem to want to be fed 5v into the USB socket itself - so I am guessing there is a series blocking diode in the router so 5v output only from the USB... But I suspect it will be fairly easy to hardware mod the router to be able to take its 5v from the hub/HEX16A2/B by linking the 5v from the power input to the USB connector (or locating & shorting the series diode)... Then it is a very tidy solution.

Melb
https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Avalon#TP-LINK_TL-WR703N

Here it is Wr3020=TP-LINK_TL-WR703N  Wink

Cool  Cool - I will make an appointment with my router  Smiley

Melb