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kalj:

--- Quote from: microbug on November 16, 2014, 10:52:51 am ---I've been extremely busy of late so this project is currently on hold. Updates as follows:
- I got a Freezer i30 CPU cooler.
- The heat pipes on the CPU cooler are flattened and milled smooth at the point where they make contact with the load (a 'patented system' by ARCTIC). This will mean less effort and better thermal connection when connecting the FETs.
- The cooler is smaller than I expected: I can see that it would do 300W, but it's impressive.
- The enclosure will probably be plastic with a hole cut in the top for the heatsink.
- I ordered and received one of the $4 PSoC 4 dev boards.
- I'm planning to use the PSoC dev board in the final design since it has a USB>serial converter on it and the included PSoC is pre-programmed with a boot loader.
- The load will have USB connectivity so that it can be reprogrammed easily. This will mean I can get the hardware over with before the software.

I've been designing with daily builds of KiCad. I find them fine in stability, and if a build is unstable it will usually be fixed tomorrow! When I have more time (Christmas holidays coming up) I'll do some more work and upload the R1 design to hackaday.io .

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@microbug : What happened to the project? Did you finish it?

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