Avalon2

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Avalon2 is the second machine of Avalon project. It uses 55nm ASIC chips.

Pictures

A3255

A3255 ASIC.jpg

PCB

Avlaon2-modular-pcb-3d.pngAvlaon2-modular-front.jpg Avlaon2-modular-back.JPG

Avlaon2-modular-connector-and-fpga.JPG Avlaon2-modular-a3255.JPG Avlaon2-modular-power-chip.JPG

Avlaon2-modular-fan-connector.jpg

Single modular

Avalon2-single-modular-all-1.jpg Avalon2-single-modular-all-2.jpg Avalon2-single-modular-all.JPG

Avalon2-single-modular-set.jpg Avalon2-modular-with-case-con.jpg Avalon2-modular-with-case.jpg

Avalon2-modular-top-side.jpg Avalon2-modular-connector-side.jpg Avalon2-modular-FAN-side.jpg

Avalon2-single-modular-connector-back.jpg Avalon2-single-modular-connector-front.jpg

Avalon2 parts

Avalon2-3modular-connector-back.jpg Avalon2-3modular-connector-front.jpg

Avalon2-usb-serial-connector.jpg Avalon2-usb-serial-connector-BACK.jpg Avalon2-how-to-connector.jpg

Avalon2-fan1.jpg Avalon2-fan.jpg

Avalon2

Avlaon2-front-without-face.jpg Avalon2-back.jpg Avalon2-top-1.jpg

Avalon2-details-1.jpg Avalon2-details-2.jpg Avalon2-details-3.jpg

Avalon2-power.jpg Avalon2-power-usb.jpg Avalon2-top.jpg

User manual

TP LINK WR703N

The USB on the AR9331 has bugs. If you want use serial console, please use the direct serial console on 703N (the /dev/ttyATH0). It's far more stable than USB-serial converter. You may want add a USB hub between machine and 703n

Raspberry Pi

The 13 ports USB HUB
  • The default firmware IP address is 192.168.0.100, you can access it by http://192.168.0.100
  • You may need update the address/DNS to your local configuration. DO NOT FORGET your IP address.
  • If the Raspberry Pi can access internet, cgminer should automatic start

Using BFGMiner

Avalon 2 units communicate with a UART, usually attached to your host via a generic USB UART adapter. First, figure out what COM port (or /dev/ttyUSB on Linux) and run BFGMiner with:

bfgminer -S avalonmm:\\.\COM22 --set avalonmm:clock=1500 --set avalonmm:voltage=1 --set avalonmm:fan=80

Manual by others

Overclock

  • Chip Freq: 1700, Voltage: 10750 --> 119GHs
Extra cooling is recommended, GJPMiningco recommends removing the slide panel that covers the heatsink and adding some fans that blow down into the heatsink - at least 3 fans evenly spaced along the heatsink.

Avalon3 CGMiner Under Ubuntu 14.04

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo apt-get install libcurl4-openssl-dev pkg-config libtool libncurses5-dev libudev-dev screen xterm
sudo apt-get install git-core
sudo apt-get install openssh-server byobu
sudo apt-get install autoconf
sudo apt-get install automake
Inside your home directory, download Cgminer
sudo git clone https://github.com/ckolivas/cgminer
cd cgminer
sudo ./autogen.sh --enable-avalon2
sudo make -j 4
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sudo ./cgminer -S /dev/ttyUSB0 --avalon2-freq 500 --avalon2-voltage 7250 --avalon2-fan 50 -o http://stratum.pool:3333 -u  work -p pass 
or
sudo ./cgminer -S /dev/ttyUSB0 --avalon2-freq 500 --avalon2-voltage 7250 --avalon2-fan 50 -o http://stratum.pool:3333 -u  work -p pass --api-allow W:192.168.2,W:192.168.2.1 --api-listen $@ 2>./log

If you use cgminer 4.5.0, the command will like this:

sudo ./cgminer --avalon2-freq 500 --avalon2-voltage 7250 --avalon2-fan 50 -o http://stratum.pool:3333 -u  work -p pass 
or
sudo ./cgminer --avalon2-freq 500 --avalon2-voltage 7250 --avalon2-fan 50 -o http://stratum.pool:3333 -u  work -p pass --api-allow W:192.168.2,W:192.168.2.1 --api-listen $@ 2>./log

The Avalon2

Power supply

Avalon2 power supply.jpg

Specification

315GH/s, 1020W@220V in normal mode. 
210GH/s, 420W@220V in ECO mode. 

Avalon2 Single Modular

Module hash speed: ~105GHS
Chip operating speed: 1.5GHS 
Chip working voltage: 1.0V 
Typical values ​​DH: ~2% 
Module Power: 24.5A@12V, 294W (excluding fan power consumption). 0.1A @ 5V, 0.5A @ 3.3V. 
Power Module conversion efficiency: >= 87% 
Design Operating temperature: 85C (chip temperature), 60C (PCB, temperature sensor measurements) 
Fan: 4PIN PWM speed control, report fan speed back.
Include: Single modular, USB Connector

LEDS

From bottom (FPGA) to top is 1 to 8:
1, 2, 3, 4, 5: Blink when found nonce
6, 7, Data transfer
8: Error or under testing

Design Files

Package: QFN48-7X7, 0.5mm pitch
Process node: 55nm
Core voltage: 0.8 ~ 1.0V
Chip frequency: 750MHz
Hashrate: 1.5Gh/s
Power usage: 1.6~2.45J/Gh on ASIC side
VDDIO: 3.0 ~ 3.6V

Source code

Debug port

Avalon3 Debug Port.jpg

Firmware

20140827

  • Merge cgminer to ckolivas's trunk(V4.5.0)
  • Support p2pool(with MM Version: 331408-a15cac80)
  • Fan speed auto adjust with new method,range support.(cgminer param: --avalon2-fan 50-100 or --avalon2-fan 50)
  • Support hotplug usb cable by cgminer.
  • Ignore blacklisted and zombie devices on luci status page.

20140719

  • Update OpenWrt to r41240
  • Add new parameter for polling delay: --avalon2-polling-delay (Default: 20ms)
  • Add new parameter for stratum ignore time: --stratum-ignore (Default: 30s)
  • Add LED status on API log
  • Support unlimited socket receive size for cgminer-api
  • Try to detect module twice when start
  • Don't count HW works on hashrate
  • Support cgminer restart on status page
  • Display indicator status on status page
  • Change introduction on luci-cgminer

20140526

  • Update to OpenWrt r40859, Update cgminer to 4.3.3
  • Add option: --avalon2-cutoff <arg> Set Avalon2 overheat cut off temperature (default: 88)
  • Add option: --avalon2-fixed-speed Set Avalon2 fan to fixed speed
  • Update default modulars from 3 to 4
  • Only display the module that attached
  • Ignore frequent stratum message. make MM have more time to hashing
  • Fix the share cannot count to correct device(miner thread)
  • Cut the ASIC power when network was down for 3 minutes
  • Automatic fan speed adjustment
  • New feature. module indicator by using the red led
  • Fixed hashrate count when start and ignore disabled module
  • Fixed a bug that may lose hashrate. 5% ~ 8% hashreate improvement.
  • Code improvement: dev type detect, job_id crc16 compare, display GHS, etc.

20140423

  • Here: http://downloads.canaan-creative.com/software/avalon2/2014-04-23
  • Update CGminer from 4.0.0 to 4.3.0 (You may want read document on --config options)
  • Update OpenWrt to r40351 (Linux version 3.10.34)
  • Fix a bug that may cause hashrate lose.
  • Support 703N, 1043ND-V2 and RaspBerry Pi
  • Detect Avalon power good signal in cgminer
  • Display GHS(not MHS) on cgminer status page
  • Add some text for support both Avalon2 and Avalon3
  • Support frequency setting for Avalon2 and Avalon3 chips on cgminer configuration page
  • Support voltage setting for Avalon2 and Avalon3 chips on cgminer configuration page

20140411

20140320

20140123

  • Here: http://downloads.canaan-creative.com/software/avalon2/2014-01-23/
  • MM(201401-a3cb3950): Include the first stable version of MM firmware
  • Include the RPi OpenWrt firmware
  • Include the 703N OpenWrt firmware
  • Support fixed fan speed, support A3255 frequency from 1G to 2G, support adjust voltage for 0.65v to 1.1v
  • Display all modules status include 2 fan, 2 temperature sensors, voltage and frequency
  • Voltage display as encode mode. needs to be changed to human readable
  • Include an ASIC cores testing python script

NEXT-TESTING

  • NOTICE: Only for testing
  • Fixed fan speed can be change by users.

Test plan

  • New firmware don't break Avalon for sure
  • New firmware don't use all flash. have to keep some space for save configuration
  • Either and WiFi(703N) connect works fine
  • Cgminer works fine(the kernel user driver, cgminer it self, cgminer-monitor and uci configurations files)
  • After configure cgminer. [Save & Apply] can restart the cgminer
  • The Status/API log page works fine
  • Test mining. the hashrate should be correct
  • Test the cgminer-monitor. make sure it can restart cgminer
  • When network was down poweroff ASIC
  • Automatic fan adjustment
  • Make sure 80/22/4028 open on WAN.
  • Test 10 avalon2 single module with one host (703N or RPi)

Testing on ASIC cores

Donation

Links