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Hah, nice! Somewhat related, I once worked on a project that used a high reliability PC meant for extended use in "extreme" outdoor environments. One of the iss
by TFortunato 9y ago
Hah, nice! Somewhat related, I once worked on a project that used a high reliability PC meant for extended use in "extreme" outdoor environments. One of the issues they (manufacturer) worried about was the pcb and solder joints experiencing thermal fatigue fron lots of seasonal and night/day temperature cycles.
Their ingenious solution was to always run the system towards the warmer end of its spec, and so it included a program that would monitor the temperature inside the case, and would spawn/kill a bunch of threads doing compute intensive math in order to keep the temperature constant when the users workload wasn't enough!
- TheSpiceIsLife 9y agoThat's amusing. The laser cutter I operate simply has reverse cycle air conditioner mounted in one of the cabinet doors.
- andrewedstrom 9y agoIf only mining cryptocurrency had been a thing back then...
- Asooka 9y agoCouldn't they slow down the cooling fans? Or was it a passively cooled PC?
- TFortunato 9y agoPassively cooled. The thing was originally meant for extended use in "extreme" industrial environments (eg at a power substation, inside a wind turbine, etc..), so it had no vents or moving parts at all. Everything was heatpiped to the metal case, which looked like a heatsink. Similar looking model from same company: https://selinc.com/products/3355/ https://selinc.com/products/3355/