Yes, you can confirm from the CPU clock that it is VIM3, not VIM3L.
As we all know, single cost is very expensive. ($ 200)
but, Mass production will be very cheap (I estimate it will be less than $ 20), and the black box has little effect on cooling efficiency, so it can be replaced by plastic. (The processing cost of the black box is obviously the highest
Unfortunately I do not know of a throttling test program for Android which uses all six cores, sorry! If I get a chance I will try to check the Play Store for one. (Ideally there would be an app which tests all six cores plus GPU; the ultimate stress test!)
I downloaded a racing game.
Set the image quality to the highest. After about 3 minutes, the temperature rose rapidly to 60 ° C. The sensor shows that the 6 cores are fully loaded (as long as the game is not closed, it stays fully loaded), and then I played for 40 minutes and the temperature stabilized at 60 ~ 63 ° C.
Today my room temperature was 20C and the air conditioner was not turned on.
Yes I feel that passive cooling should work well for environments around 15-20C. If the temperature is 30-35C it would be more challenging.
CNC machining an entire block into a box will be very expensive. If we indeed want to make the tub out of aluminum, a mould has to be made to reduce the machining time.
Hello, My tech space is in an unfinished garage, I call it the cave, no climate control for cooling. In the Summers, ambient temps can climb well above 35c. So I find it necessary to have fans on all my SBCs out there. Also have a big fan on the operator.
Great job on your case, very nice.
Yes, in theory, the larger the area in contact with the air, the better the heat dissipation effect. This is why there are many fins on the heat sink.
If you do not consider the appearance and extended functions, you only need to increase the number and size of fins according to the proportional calculation method.
I believe most people like VIM because it is small and integrates all features and performance.
The point is small size. I believe this is the original intention of KHADAS to design VIM, and it is also the reason why most people choose VIM.
As the number and size of fins and shape change, I think the processing cost will not be low.