Furniture-grade micro data center concept
A 12U ER-Series rack for Bitcoin full nodes, miners, and real-world measurements.
The BLOCK VECTOR ER-Series is a small-footprint, furniture-grade rack system that
quietly hides a fully instrumented micro data center inside a warm wooden cabinet.
BLOCK VECTOR Technologies, LLC is building a living-room-ready showcase rack that
combines Raspberry Pi 5 full nodes, Bitaxe & NerdMiner clusters, multi-WAN
networking, and metered power—without looking like a server room.
12U ER-Series rack • Raspberry Pi 5 full nodes
Bitaxe & NerdMiner test cluster
Multi-WAN & failover network lab
ER-Series 12U layout • Rev 0.2
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U12
Network ER707 • 3-WAN router layer
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U11
Core Pi 5 full node • primary Bitcoin stack
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U10
Dual NVMe storage • chain data & lab datasets
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U9
Router / AP test bay • parking spot for whichever router or gateway is under test
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U8
Access-point test shelf • AP placement and coverage experiments on the LAN
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U7
Mining Bitaxe • ASIC miner test cluster
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U6
Mining NerdMiner • low-power teaching & metrics node
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U5
AUX sensors & spare shelf • thermals, airflow, and power instrumentation
Active devices: 8 × Raspberry Pi 5, 4 × miners, plus routers, APs, and sensors as
needed. Power envelope: < 1.5 kW • Indoor-friendly, RF-aware layout tuned for
living-room deployment.
Why the ER-Series rack?
The ER-Series is designed to bridge the gap between “white-paper” concepts and real-world
deployments: a piece of furniture that can live in a living room, office, or studio while
still acting as a serious lab for decentralized infrastructure, networking, and
energy-aware design.
- Documented, reproducible bill-of-materials and wiring maps
- Measured power, thermals, and performance across miners and nodes
- Multi-WAN and failover scenarios for resilient home-office networks
- Data-ready platform for grants, STEM programs, and applied research