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OHarb1's avatar
OHarb1
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6 years ago

Noisy Arria 10 eval kit

Does anyone have any experience with connecting bigger fans to Arria 10 eval kits? Finding a place for this PC is very awkward as it can be heard all the way down the hallway... This is a safety an...
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Deshi_Intel
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6 years ago

Hi,

You can try with those small external USB fan that you can easily purchase in computer retail shop to blow on the dev kit board FPGA device.

It should be more quiet, just that I am not sure how effective it will be. It also depends on how much FPGA core logic that your design consumed. The more logic it consumed, the hotter FPGA will get, hence a better cooling system is required.

Thanks.

Regards,

dlim

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    OHarb1
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    6 years ago

    I was hoping for a more proven solution. I don't mind if it costs money. In fact, we'd easily save money as we now have to speak with the landlord about where to place the machine...