3.1.1.2.9.1. Assembly

  1. Replace the fans’ 0.05” plug with a standard 2-pin 0.1” connector.

  2. Connect the black wire to the negative terminal and the red wire to the positive terminal. Markings are visible in the picture below.

  3. Attaching the fan to the heat sink using two screws as shown in the picture below.

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Red Pitaya with an attached fan.

3.1.1.2.9.2. Measurements

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Temperature measured with the fan turned off and on combined with low and high CPU load.

Images via blog (with permission from Jacek Radzikowski).