If my memory serves me, it has been a while, I think it was in the low to mid 40 range.
Gerald On Mon, Jun 2, 2014 at 7:23 AM, Eric Fort <[email protected]> wrote: > The point of using a finger as a measure of tempreature is it's something > easy to do and subjectively compare within a group as at least most of us > have fingers but not many of us will have an IR thermometer handy. > generally one can't remain in contact with things of higher temp for as > long as those of cooler temp thus it makes a nice subjective test. 50C is > a good number to know though. how warm should a chip running at 750MHZ get? > > Eric > > > On Mon, Jun 2, 2014 at 5:16 AM, Gerald Coley <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> The longer you hold your finger on the processor, the hotter the your >> finger gets. It should run right around 50 C when running at 1GHz. >> Beaglebone white default was 750MHz. >> >> Gerald >> >> >> >> On Sat, May 31, 2014 at 8:00 PM, John Syn <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> >>> From: Eric Fort <[email protected]> >>> Reply-To: <[email protected]> >>> Date: Saturday, May 31, 2014 at 2:54 PM >>> To: beagleboard <[email protected]> >>> Subject: [beagleboard] how hot does the processor on your beaglebone >>> black get? How hot should it get? >>> >>> I've had some issues recently with my beagle bone black going stupid, >>> dropping from the network and at times being flaky and unresponsive. when >>> I picked up the board it felt substantially warmer than my beaglebone >>> white. Both are running on 5VDC input power (measured at 5.00V with a >>> VOM). the processor on the Beaglebone White I can place my finger on top >>> of and leave it there indefinitely. The processor on the Beaglebone Black, >>> is hot enough that after 5-10 seconds I can no longer hold my finger on >>> it. Is this normal? How long can you hold your finger on the processor of >>> your Beaglebone Black before it becomes uncomfortably warm? Please nobody >>> try this to the point of burning your (or someone else's) fingers. >>> >>> It depends on the CPU frequency and CPU load. If you are running at 1GHz >>> and near 100% CPU load, then the processor gets quite hot (5-10 seconds is >>> about right). If your CPU load is low, then this is not normal. At 300MHz >>> and less than 10% CPU load, the CPU should be just warm. >>> >>> Regards, >>> John >>> >>> >>> >>> Eric >>> >>> -- >>> For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss >>> --- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "BeagleBoard" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected]. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >>> -- >>> For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss >>> --- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "BeagleBoard" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected]. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >> >> -- >> For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "BeagleBoard" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- > For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "BeagleBoard" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
