Thermal management

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ellie
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Thermal management

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Is there a way to check the temp of the DE-10? I have a basic heat sink and Noctua, but how big of a problem is heat? I have my board in a smallish case, and I was wondering how worried I should be.
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Re: Thermal management

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I've yet to see a confirmed thermally-related issue on MiSTer, with or without heatsink or fan. Thermal controls for the DE10 appear to be a solution in search of a problem.
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Re: Thermal management

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Couple of things I remember mentioned in the past about this:
  • The DE-10 Nano Mister uses some kind of industrial grade chip able to withstand high temps like 100c
  • There is no thermistor on the Mister or a register to obtain the temp
  • Some cores have been reported as having stability issues due to heat (Amiga / ao486)
  • Heatsink and fan have been proven sufficient to reduce any worries
  • It has been stated to push air onto the heatsink as a preferred config
  • Buy (3) and keep 2 spares while you can before Intel wises up
  • The always awesome JackBurton AKA MisterAddons measured temps with his new passive cooled cases, good cases, great stuff
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Re: Thermal management

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Cyclone V datasheet: https://www.intel.com/content/dam/www/p ... _51002.pdf

Absolute min/max operating temperature is listed at -55 to 125 deg C.

That is for the FPGA chip itself. Other components on the DE10-Nano may not be so forgiving.
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