Thanks for sharing this teardown. I had been curioius as to the location of the wireless antenna and your video answered this for me. As to your mention of a possible overheating issue, I noticed that you have the sticky/scratch pad on the base of the case.. Which way round will the box be once secured to your car ? I had envisaged to mount it "upside down" but after seeing your teardown video and you mentionning overheating I will make sure that I mount that Box in such a way that the RK3308 SoC does not cook itself...i.e make sure, heat rises up away from SoC and not back to itself...might also add vents as there is no need for waterprrofing... Thank you for taking the time to share. Much appreciated.
How do raspberry pi systems like these hold up in cold temps? I bought one and live in an area with cold winters sometimes as low as 0 degrees out. Will it still function ok sitting in a car all the time throughout winter months?
Exactly what I was looking for
The antenna is a chip antenna, the blue part with U written on it. There's also an option for a wire antenna, but the connector is not populated.
Thanks for sharing this teardown.
I had been curioius as to the location of the wireless antenna and your video answered this for me.
As to your mention of a possible overheating issue, I noticed that you have the sticky/scratch pad on the base of the case..
Which way round will the box be once secured to your car ?
I had envisaged to mount it "upside down" but after seeing your teardown video and you mentionning overheating I will make sure that I mount that Box in such a way that the RK3308 SoC does not cook itself...i.e make sure, heat rises up away from SoC and not back to itself...might also add vents as there is no need for waterprrofing...
Thank you for taking the time to share.
Much appreciated.
Hi , I'm glad you mentioned all this , I need to mount mine under the dash and I am going to use that hook and loop tape to secure it
How do raspberry pi systems like these hold up in cold temps? I bought one and live in an area with cold winters sometimes as low as 0 degrees out. Will it still function ok sitting in a car all the time throughout winter months?
It depends on the PCB manufacturing, but heat cycles could stress the BGA points and make it prematurely fail. I'd avoid it.