Issue with Raspberry Pi´s: to run a Raspberry Pi 24 * 7 requires big cooling fans, else they slow down

Last Updated on April 29, 2023 by pg@petergamma.org

  • As we checked the Raspberry Pi offers on Ricardo Switzerland today, we found that Raspberry Pi´s have a big issue. Even a short running time can cause these devices to become very hot, which requires big cooling towers as this one:

https://www.ricardo.ch/de/a/raspberry-pi-ice-tower-cooler-1231535930/

  • This is difficult for a mobile applications as ours, it requires a big fan and a big housing. There are other products on the market, which are not as big. But we loose the option to use the GPIO pins of the Raspberry Pi´s with this option.
  • But at least this issues are known and described with Raspberry Pi´s. With products as this one:
https://petergamma.org/we-have-the-a-new-n100-edge-x86-sbc-which-runs-windows-linux-to-replace-the-lattepanda-but/
  • we do not have enough knowledge about this, if it is a product who nobody ever has tested in detail before.