It helps you to keep your miner safe
Project objectives
The intent of Miner Keeper is to obtain a hardware/software system for remote control of the operating parameters of your miner, using easily available and inexpensive components.
Emergence of necessities
Mining systems, whether based on video cards or ASICs, are electronic devices with connuous operaon and with particular environmental needs. The biggest problem with these systems is the disposal of heat which, if not properly evacuated (or in some cases used), will lead to malfunctions over time and, in the worst case, potential damage to the miner or a source of fire ignition.
There are also other issues that affect business continuity and the ability to generate profit and are listed below.
- Stabilized power source
- Electricity consumption
- Noise generated by cooling fans
- Correct heat disposal
- Possible use of heat
- Remote operation verification
- Possibility of detecting an alarm and sending it
Project description
This project aims to create a small miner verification system that is independent from the miner itself. There are some operating systems (for example SMOS) that have miner verification features but are integrated into the miner software itself. The presence of an independent system allows for the addition of miner control and management features in the electrical and environmental fields, leaving the door open to future implementations of additional features.
The heart of Miner Keeper is the ESP32 board, a dev board dedicated to programming open-source software. The processing power of the dual-core board is adequate for the hardware requirement, it is easily purchased online and is cheap.
The additional components required (temperature probes, electronic components, displays) are also easily available and low-cost, making Miner Keeper an easy project to implement.
System equipment
The Miner Keeper features are summarized below, and the related features will be described in more detail later.
- Internet connection via wifi
- Access Point functions in the absence of wifi
- Browser-based configuration menu
- Presence of a 20*4 display on which the usage menu is displayed
- Presence of a rotary encoder to navigate the menu and select the functions
- Temperature probes to measure the temperature of the incoming air, the miner and the outgoing
air - Sensor for measuring the ambient temperature
- Module for measuring input voltage, absorbed current and electrical energy used
- Valve for air controlled by a servomotor
- Flame detection sensor
- Email messaging system
- System power connector (MOLEX or SATA type) with voltage measurement circuit
