Thisisaprojectdonein2018,tomineMenorousingFPGA.TheperformanceisnotmoreprofitablethanGPU.AndMoneroupdatedCryptoNightalgorithmtoV8whichishardtoimplementusinghardware.SoIdecidetoopensourcethisproject,itcanmineothercoinsstillusingCryptoNightV7.
Imodifiedthexmr-staksoftwaretodownloaddatatoFPGAusingUART,andFPGAdidthecomputingthensendbacktoPC.
TherearetwoversionminnersinthisprojectwithandwithoutexternalDDRmomery.
ThecodeissynthesizedonKCU105,VCU108andStratixVGXFPGAdevelopmentboard.ThisprojectistargetedinArria10FPGAwithmultipleDDR3chips,butwedidnotmanufacturethecustomboard.
Thereisalotofexperimentalcodeinthisproject,andIamreluctanttocleanup.
AuthorLulinChenlulinchen@aliyun.com
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