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14 years ago

Using output pins to heat up CycloneIII

Hi everyone, I need to programmatically change the core temperature of a CycloneIII FPGA, in order to test the functionality of my IP core. I already do this using the dynamic power dissipation...
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14 years ago

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for a number of (strange) reasons I want to keep the Tj stable and compensate the ambient temperature variations.

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Have you considered an external solution? Eg., a heatsink with a heater (MOSFET+power resistor) or peltier cooler?

Cheers,

Dave