It doesn't seem to be my finger heating it up; it hurts after half a second 
or so, and I don't think that the human body temperature is enough to hurt 
the human body, generally speaking ;). Anyway, do you know how I can access 
it? I have a few packages that should be able to read built-in temperature 
sensors, but none of them are able to locate it automatically and I have no 
idea what to give it for 'Sensor location'. I don't see anything mounted in 
/dev/ that could be helpful and I don't know enough about Linux to know 
where else it could be. What is the 'location' that I need to access it?

On Friday, November 29, 2013 2:27:17 PM UTC, Gerald wrote:
>
> That is normal operation. When you hold your finger on it your skin heats 
> up making it hot The longer you hold it, the hotter it feels.
>
> The processor has on on-chip temperature sensor. You can read about it in 
> the TRM found at http://www.ti.com/product/am3359
>
> Gerald
>
>
> On Fri, Nov 29, 2013 at 12:49 AM, <[email protected] <javascript:>>wrote:
>
>> I was using my BBB recently and noticed that it gets pretty hot when it 
>> runs for more than a few minutes (I've never really touched it while it's 
>> on before). It doesn't seem to be a problem, but I was wondering if the BBB 
>> had a built-in temperature sensor. I know some laptops have 
>> internal thermometers, so does the BBB have one? It's meant as a minimal 
>> device, so I would imagine it doesn't, but it would be nice to know if it 
>> does!
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