Who does your thermals?

RE: Who does your thermals?

dougw — Sat, 31 Jul 2021 10:24:51 GMT

For my designs, I do the thermal management design. (My engineering degree included several thermodynamic courses, and I have learned the rest on the job.)

At work, the mechanical engineering group gets assigned thermal design, although some of it is done by the electronics group.

RE: Who does your thermals?

wolfgangfriedrich — Fri, 30 Jul 2021 19:14:26 GMT

Chip level thermals I do myself (as an EE), e.g. linear regulators, power transistors. If needed even up to heat sink specifications.

System level thermal usually goes to the mechanical department, they model the board after my initial calculations and the rest of the system.