AF Assist v5 – optics

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Since I will be using off the shelf parts for the IR emitter (LED), I need to somehow focus the wide 100deg or 120deg light given off by the emitter.
The light wavelength I’m looking for is in the low 700 nm range as measured from two Canon flash units.

I’ve found an IR emitter that puts out more then enough light at 730nm (1080-1293-1-ND from Digikey).
To focus the light in a tight beam, I just ordered some parts from Newark.

The lenses are

– LEDIL  FP11055_LISA2-RS-PIN  LENS,ROUND,1 POS,9.9MM OD

– LEDIL  FA10888_TINA-RS  LENS,ROUND,1 POS,16.1MM OD

– LEDIL  FA10886_TINA-0-PLUS-RS  LENS, REAL SPOT, GOLDEN/PLATINUM/DRAGON+

I’m hoping one of these small lens with enclosures will do the trick.
Will post more once I get them and try them out.

The light out of the bare LED is way to wide, and these lenses should focus the light to a tight 10-16deg beam.

AF Assistant v5.0 – First look

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It’s been a while since I posted an update on this project. Life gets in the way sometimes, but I’m back at it now.
The previous design enclosure that fits under the camera has been abandoned mainly because it makes holding the camera a little awkward. Especially when using some longer lenses when I need my left hand to grasp the lens itself the AF Assistant would not only get blocked (by my hand) but also make holding the lens a little weird. Continue reading →

Exchanges and funds transfer methods

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I haven’t seen this info anywhere so I thought I’d collect it.

Bitstamp accepts: (need to be verified for all deposits)
– SEPA (EU Bank)
– Wire Transfers
– BitCoin – Ripple
– AstroPay

Bitfinex accepts:
– Egopay

BTC-e accepts:
– US Bank Wire
– EU Bank Wire (SEPA)
– Visa
– Mastercard
– Liqpay.com
– unikarta.com
– PerfectMoney.com
– WebCreds.com
– Ukash.com
– Webmoney.ru

Crypto Currency data tools

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Just some links to tools for helping with investing BTC and other currencies.
https://coinmarketcap.com/
http://www.bitcoincharts.com/
http://coincompare.com/
http://targetmoon.com/
http://bitinfocharts.com/
http://www.crypto-coins-table.com/
http://easybitinvesting.com/

Arbitrage tools

http://www.coined.com/ – arbitrage tables
https://cointhink.com – arbitrage suggestions/graphs
https://www.cryptocoincharts.info/v2/arbitrage – Arbitrage opportunities
http://www.dcmagnates.com/ – How to arbitrage

Trading Bots and Reviews

http://devtome.com/doku.php?id=haasonline_bot_review

http://www.cryptopros.com/2014/01/simple-trade-bot-configuration.html

Cooling solution

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I’ve seen a lot of mining rig cooling solutions out there, but this takes the cake for ingenuity.
http://middlecoinforum.com/showthread.php?372-Hashor-s-Cooling-setup-42MH-with-no-AC
I will try this in the coming weeks as I think it’s the best design I’ve seen yet.

And another guy on taking the same approach

http://middlecoinforum.com/showthread.php?356-Using-a-useless-room-for-a-hobby-My-own-little-data-center-LOL

Mining MaxCoin

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I’m going to dedicate 1/2 my computing power to mining MaxCoin.
I’ll need to be running SMOS 1.3 as it has implementation of the SHA3 algorithm in the cgminer-keccak miner.

Apparently SHA3 runs 30% cooler (the GPUs run 30% cooler) then the scrypt algorithm so that means less heat; the algorithm uses very little ram.

one of the more stable pools seems to be http://max.1gh.com/ so I’m going to set that up.

Maybe the above pool is not a good idea. Read this: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=463938.0;all
Will start with this pool http://dwarfpool.com/max
Also signed up with the pool https://max.suprnova.cc

Got a wallet address on Cryptsy- all set to mine.

Profitability calculator http://dwarfpool.com/max/calc