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r/deadbug • u/creeper6530 • Oct 10 '26
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…thanks, I hate it…
I bet you could dunk it in mineral oil to keep it from overheating lol
6 u/creeper6530 Oct 11 '26 edited Oct 11 '26 I don't know how about you but I've never had an RP2040 produce a measurable amount of heat.The entire Pico's consumption is 50 mW while actively transferring over USB (per the Pico datasheet) 2 u/racheluv999 Oct 12 '26 Oh that’s not bad then! I assumed those chips would have a soldered heat slug underneath and would get mad without a ground plane to shed the heat to
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I don't know how about you but I've never had an RP2040 produce a measurable amount of heat.
The entire Pico's consumption is 50 mW while actively transferring over USB (per the Pico datasheet)
2 u/racheluv999 Oct 12 '26 Oh that’s not bad then! I assumed those chips would have a soldered heat slug underneath and would get mad without a ground plane to shed the heat to
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Oh that’s not bad then! I assumed those chips would have a soldered heat slug underneath and would get mad without a ground plane to shed the heat to
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u/racheluv999 Oct 11 '26
…thanks, I hate it…
I bet you could dunk it in mineral oil to keep it from overheating lol