Voxl2 Thermal Throttling and Heat Dissipation Methods
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Hello,
I have the Voxl2 in an enclosure and it appears to be suffering from thermal throttling when the CPU hits 95 degrees. Is there a heat sink that Modal recommends for the Voxl2, I could only find this fan in your products:
https://www.modalai.com/products/voxl-cooling-fan?_pos=15&_sid=fb4d90556&_ss=r
The RB5 development kit includes a thermal plate and an optional heat sink + fan can be purchased from Thundercomm:
https://www.thundercomm.com/product/heatsink-with-fan/Is there anything planned like this for the Voxl2?
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Hello @Tanner-Metzmeier,
We do not have a heat sink recommendation for VOXL2, however you can try off-the-shelf components, just be careful not apply excessive mechanical stress to the QRV5165 SIP while mounting the heat spreader to it (or removing it later).
Is there anything in particular that is causing VOXL2 to overheat (what type of processing)? We could try to help reduce the system load, if you provide more details on what you are actually running.
Alex
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@Alex-Kushleyev I found that buying an off-the-shelf raspberry pi heatsink that is 14mm x 10mm (meant for the RAM chip) and combining with a fan works great for the underside of the SIP (on the opposite side of where the main board joins the Ethernet/USB board. Brought my temps down by at least 10-20 degrees even under intense load.
