Within the instruction for applying the large heat sink for the latest batch it has the following text:
1. With this heatsink the Parallella board will function in normal conditions without requiring a fan, depending on your usage. Monitor the temperature using a utility such as xtemp (link below), and keep the board below 70 degrees F. If the board is in a warm environment, or inside an enclosure, a fan will be required to maintain a reasonable operating temperature
but in other posts, I heard 85 degrees C ?, is this just a type in the heat sink instructions , should be OK keeping it below 70 C...
Since I need to run w/o a fan (noise concerns[audible]), I may be able to pump some air across every so often. We probably wont need to run at full tilt and may not need
alot of the FPGA functionality. is there anyway to turn off/ decrease the power/speed of any of the processors to reduce the thermals. ?
Thanks...