@elsevers was wondering about the steady-state thermal performance of our circuit boards, thinking about more heatsinks etc.
I tested a bearingless motor when it was levitating and rotating at 60 RPM under no-load (i.e., basically 0W from the power electronics).
The test setup looks like this:
AMDC
- The PicoZed with heatsink running dual-core v1 firmware (+ FPGA) has a steady-state temp of about 48 C.
- The hottest part of the AMDC is the DC/DC input power converters, which reach about 60 C.
AMDS
- Similar story for the AMDS: DC/DC input power converters are hottest at around 60 C steady-state.
Kaman sensor interface
- Looks like
U5 is the hottest at around 45 C. Per the design files, U5 is the high-speed differential driver line driver which drives the ADC inside the Kaman box.
@elsevers was wondering about the steady-state thermal performance of our circuit boards, thinking about more heatsinks etc.
I tested a bearingless motor when it was levitating and rotating at 60 RPM under no-load (i.e., basically 0W from the power electronics).
The test setup looks like this:
AMDC
AMDS
Kaman sensor interface
U5is the hottest at around 45 C. Per the design files,U5is the high-speed differential driver line driver which drives the ADC inside the Kaman box.