Consider that not just overheating of a component may indicate a failure, but also overheating the wrong component. You could monitor a heatsink's growing heat dissipation and still be happy, but when the overheat is related to a component that usually should not, this would indicate a short, or an error in the project.
So, it depends on what you plan to troubleshoot, and on the level of the power quality you indulge.
Consider that not just overheating of a component may indicate a failure, but also overheating the wrong component. You could monitor a heatsink's growing heat dissipation and still be happy, but when the overheat is related to a component that usually should not, this would indicate a short, or an error in the project.
So, it depends on what you plan to troubleshoot, and on the level of the power quality you indulge.
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