07-05-2016, 04:00 PM
(This post was last modified: 07-05-2016, 04:01 PM by MarkHaysHarris777.)
You can leave it on 24/7/365 !
... having said that, I have a heatsink set on my PineA64 board; also I have a 5v miniature brushless 140ma fan free standing about the heatsink over the SoC. You can monitor the temp with :
cat /sys/class/thermal/thermal_zone0/temp
I like to keep the SoC temps in the 40s c ; the Soc will throttle at 80c. With low load a fan is not necessary. With higher loads the fan will be useful for you.
You can see a pic of my early PineA64 (without LED nor switches), at the link.
marcus
... having said that, I have a heatsink set on my PineA64 board; also I have a 5v miniature brushless 140ma fan free standing about the heatsink over the SoC. You can monitor the temp with :
cat /sys/class/thermal/thermal_zone0/temp
I like to keep the SoC temps in the 40s c ; the Soc will throttle at 80c. With low load a fan is not necessary. With higher loads the fan will be useful for you.
You can see a pic of my early PineA64 (without LED nor switches), at the link.
marcus