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Re: FPGA development board "Icarus" - pre-order acceptable.
by
ngzhang
on 19/01/2012, 06:32:51 UTC
Does the single fan on the 2'nd batch Icarus board provide adequate cooling to the fpgas? (compared to the dual fan solution)

edit: Also is the current fan sleeve or ball bearing?

1, the single 4CM fan model get a higher temperature than the 2* 2.5CM fan model, but also acceptable, and not find any error rate increase during the compare test. the ambient temperature is 25-26 centigrade.
2, the single 4CM fan model uses a 4200RPM slave bearing fan, made by SUNON. MODEL NO. is KD1204PFS3.  here is the datasheet:
http://datasheet.octopart.com/KD1204PFS3-H-Sunon-Fans-datasheet-146198.pdf
3, 4CM fan model's noise is much lower than the 2 fans model.
4, the 4CM fan is fasten by 2 screw, you can change it by yourself easily.

would you consider to have a storefront to accept order in the near future?

Also is the 2nd batch sold out yet? I'm looking for 2 boards.

i have no plan for a personal website for selling, here in china i can use "taobao" for a Intermediary Transactions. but for international selling i have no idea.

2nd batch is all sold out. now accept 3rd batch pre-order, planed shipping date is mid - Feb.