Thermal

Computer motherboard CPU with heatsink

This thermal section is aimed mainly at electronics cooling. This page covers aspects like conduction, convection and radiation. It has answers to questions like, does the colour of a heatsink make a difference? This section includes a number of useful calculators and reference tables.

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What’s on the card for future?

  • Thermal conduction and resistance calculator
  • Flat plate natural convection calculator
  • Emissivity and black body radiation
  • How to design a heatsink
  • PCB component cooling
  • How to design a sun shield
  • …..and this is just a start, much more to come!