A Load of HVAC TLAs

A Load of HVAC TLAs

As humans we’ve lived in ‘built environments’ for a very long time.  From the cave to the penthouse suite, the…

How-to: Invert your thermal model to good effect

How-to: Invert your thermal model to good effect

Thought I’d follow the previous post on this subject up with a slightly more detailed description of exactly how to…

Clogged cooling fins, a cautionary tale

Clogged cooling fins, a cautionary tale

Here’s an interesting little article about the consequences of clogged cooling (heatsink) fins. A heatsink (area extender) is fine if…

Invert your thermal model to good effect

Invert your thermal model to good effect

Electronic thermal simulations are most commonly formed by specifying a power dissipation within a package and using numerical solution techniques…

“I work with computers”

“I work with computers”

Picture the scene, a big family get together, being cornered by the latest wife of your outward going (and rather…

Fractals: Gods Artwork, Part II

Fractals: Gods Artwork, Part II

A fractal set; a set of numbers, or points, that when iterated through even the simplest of  non-linear equations do…

Fractals: Gods Artwork, Part I

Fractals: Gods Artwork, Part I

I thought I’d go a little ‘off piste’ and rabbit on about fractals for a while. In the end we’ll…

“All models are wrong, but some are useful” Part V

“All models are wrong, but some are useful” Part V

A variant on the original G. E. Box quote is:  “Remember that all models are wrong; the practical question is…

3D Electronics Cooling CFD, with FloTHERM, in Pictures

3D Electronics Cooling CFD, with FloTHERM, in Pictures

“A picture paints a thousand words”. Probably not as quickly though. Wouldn’t the world be a different place if we…