How hot are your key components getting? There’s a good chance you’ve built a project and thought: “Well I guess I better slap a heat sink in there to be safe”. But when working on a more ...
Firstly, the substrate can be much thinner as the application of the large ... thermal resistance to further help heat transfer away to the heat sink. Secondly, the lower pressure required for ...
In the case of this project, [Dean] created a custom PCB that accommodates the PowerPeg connector, onto which the heat sink screws. Needless to say, he machined his own heatsinks to go with the ...