A monthly newsletter by 256 Foundation

INTRODUCTION:

Welcome to the eleventh newsletter produced by The 256 Foundation and supported by Proto! We are continuing to modify our newsletter content to make it as impactful as possible and make it aligned with everything we have going on at the 256 Foundation. That being said, the Freedom Tech News section now summarizes the content from POD256 throughout the month where we cover a wide range of Bitcoin mining and freedom tech topics. We are also dropping the State of the Network section to focus on more practical signal, also users can look up network stats easily and live anytime at the many resources we featured.

FREEDOM TECH NEWS:

From POD256 #89 on October 5, we dive into recent hardware developments, particularly the completion of the Ember One v5 PCB design. Key changes include a new, more modern voltage regulator with features like digital temperature monitoring, programmable over-temperature shutdown, and better performance for high-current applications. This upgrade addresses heat management challenges, as voltage regulators must sit close to ASIC chips and handle significant power, drawing comparisons to GPU designs and industrial miners. They discuss trade-offs, such as reducing maximum input voltage to 17v from 24v, and additions like breaking out pins for optional daughter-boards to handle fan control, accommodating various setups like standalone, immersion cooling, or multi-board systems.

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