I’ve just received a R-Pi from Element-14. They said it would be mid Jan but it arrived late Dec.
As with the others I’ve done, I decided to attach a 5V power lead and larger capacitor. See the previous posts.
The case is from Soanar; possibly also available from Jaycar. The other R-Pi CPU ran quite warm in a case that had better ventilation than this one, which only has an array of holes in the bottom. So I marked out and drilled some holes above the CPU.
I also decided to put a heatsink on the CPU/memory. I’m not sure if this will provide much of a benefit. It will probably depend on the thermal coupling between the chip and heatsink. The heatsink comes with adhesive already in place; peel and stick.
Capacitor and Heatsink added
Ready to go
nice post. its informative and fun. There is always fun in technology.
nice post, where to get these devices? you can view my page for mods
Cpu Cooling tutorial.
Here in New Zealand these heatsinks came from Jaycar Electronics. They have a sticky layer already attached; you simply peel off the plastic and gently press onto the chip.
CAT. NO. HH8580 “Heatsink Pin Grid Array with Adheasive Thermal Transfer Tape “
Hi
Great site!
Where do I get heatsink like what you have used please?
Anyone know.
Need for android tv stick,
Thanks