[Skimmertalk] Red Pitaya set up with N6TV's instructions

[Bob Wilson, N6TV]

On Thu, Oct 5, 2017 at 7:13 PM, W0MU Mike Fatchett <w0mu at w0mu.com> wrote:

> Could you use a water cooler for a CPU with the aluminum box?


Unfortunately not.  Check out the aluminum case interior photos:

http://redpitaya.readthedocs.io/en/latest/quickStart/alucase/alucase.html

It's clear that there is no room for that because they use a big thick heat
sink that touches the top of the chip (you have to remove the heat sink
that comes with the product).  They provide a "thermal pad" (gray rubber
square) that goes between the chip and the aluminum.

I would be nice if the Red Pitaya folks would come up with a new aluminum
case that allowed a fan to go inside, but I don't think that's going to
happen any time soon.

A laptop cooling pad on the underside could work though, as DD5XX suggested:

https://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B00L36CEYU

73,
Bob, N6TV