From Cradle, HeatDesigner is a fast, efficient, and easy to use thermal analysis tool for electronics cooling. It includes a one time saving feature, a Parametric Study Tool, and plate heat sink creation. With a few inputs, the shape of pin or plates fins, and their orientation and spacing are quickly created. HeatDesigner models can contain 100 million elements so the flow … [Read more...]
New Cooling Fan Blade Design
Cradle has released their new simpler, faster solution for fan design, SmartBlades. SmartBlades simplifies axial cooling fan design by automating generation of blade geometry CAD data. Engineers adjust parameters for blade number, profile, and twist. Shape information can be output in Parasolid XT format compatible with most CAE software. Or seamlessly import it into Cradle … [Read more...]
Thermal Simulation Tool for Design Engineers Available
In recent years, Cradle has created and launched an easy to use, real-time, printed circuit board thermal analysis tool for electrical designers, called the Cradle PICLS. PICLS enables electrical designers to instantly evaluate how changes to circuit board design affect thermal performance, thus reducing downstream rework. Analysis data can be passed seamlessly from the PCB … [Read more...]
Recall On Overheating Laptop Battery Packs
(March 31, 2016) Toshiba recently issued a voluntary recall on its laptop battery packs for potential burn and fire hazards from overheating. According to ConsumerReports.org, the battery packs were manufactured by Panasonic and installed in 39 of Toshiba’s laptop models, including the “Mini Notebook, Portégé, Satellite, Satellite Pro, and Tecra lines of PCs”. But “any laptop … [Read more...]
Software Update Leads to Device Failure by Overheating
(April 29, 2016) The new Nextfit Robin, an Android-based smartphone, experienced a major cooling malfunction after a recent software update which resulted in the phones overheating. The device normally heats up a bit when performing everyday tasks, and the update was supposed to improve its cooling process, but when users downloaded it and restarted their devices, they “failed … [Read more...]
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