skot/ESP-Miner v2.0.0

v2.0.0 (ultra)

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Firmware for the Bitaxe Max (1397) and Bitaxe Ultra (1366)

New Features

• Initial support for the BM1366 (S19) ASIC
• AxeOS Web UI based on Angular. Interface can be accessed on port 80 (http://)
• HTTP+JSON based API for device configuration
• Updated and expanded partitioning scheme
• OTA updates over HTTP
• SoftAP support for Onboarding without a working WiFi configuration.
• Captive portal for easier onboarding

Factory Setup

Starting with v2.0.0, the ESP-Miner firmware requires some basic manufacturing data to be flashed in the NVS partition.

1. Copy config.cvs.example to config.cvs and modify asicfrequency, asicvoltage, asicmodel, devicemodel, and boardversion.

• recommended values for the Bitaxe 1366 ultra

key,type,encoding,value
main,namespace,,
asicfrequency,data,u16,485
asicvoltage,data,u16,1320
asicmodel,data,string,BM1366
devicemodel,data,string,ultra
boardversion,data,string,0.11

• recommended values for the Bitaxe 1397

key,type,encoding,value
main,namespace,,
asicfrequency,data,u16,475
asicvoltage,data,u16,1400
asicmodel,data,string,BM1397
devicemodel,data,string,max
boardversion,data,string,2.2

1. Install bitaxetool from pip. pip is included with Python 3.4 but if you need to install it check https://pip.pypa.io/en/stable/installation/

pip install --upgrade bitaxetool

1. Flash the merged firmware and config.cvs onto your Bitaxe

bitaxetool --config ./config.cvs --firmware ./esp-miner-factory-v2.0.0.bin

Thank you to @benjamin-wilson, @skot, @Georges760, @developeralgo8888, @SatsForFreedom, and the Open Source Miners United (OSMU) community for their contributions to this release.