From: <tim...@co...> - 2006-12-19 18:55:54
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How hot is too hot? Most chips today can run at 80C. Most CPUs run at 40-50C, but can handle upto 100C. One company I work for ships industrial computers that run at 65C internal air temp. Tim -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: Chad Robinson <cr...@lu...> > Silva, Russell wrote: > > I know the wifistix gets pretty hot during normal operation, and I > > plan to have a gumstix/breakout-gs/wifistix combo in a sealed > > enclosure for hours at a time. I won't be in a particularly warm > > environment -- indoors in San Francisco in February, so at worst high > > room temperature. Do I need to make plans to drill holes in the > > enclosure or anything? > > What is your enclosure made of? An aluminum enclosure can dissipate a > fair amount of heat, especially if it's one of those extruded profiles > with fins on them. But plastic is a pretty decent insulator and could be > a very different story. There are other factors involved, too. Will > there be air movement around the case? How will it be mounted, and to what? > > If you have one of the cases, why not just toss the boards in there and > give it a go for 48 hours, with a thermometer inside? It would answer > your question more quickly, and the answer would be more accurate. =) If > the case is custom, just use a temporary project box of roughly similar > dimensions. > > Regards, > Chad > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT > Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your > opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash > http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV > _______________________________________________ > gumstix-users mailing list > gum...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gumstix-users |