Eclypse z7's case fan

[M. Hamza Öncüer]

Hi, Eclypse z7's case fan working too noisy, is it fine to detach it ? As well as I see the fan below the processor doesn't work, Does it activate  automatically when the temperature get high  ?

[artvvb]

Hi @Hamza Oncuer

"Minimum speed" is the default speed setting for the installed fan and "Maximum speed" is the default for the case fan. Leaving it connected is recommended, but how hot the device would actually get would depend on the design that is running.

If you're working with Vivado and Xilinx SDK or Vitis, fan settings can be checked and modified using dpmutil. Auto speed isn't supported for the case fan, but you ought to be able to decrease the speed. Sources, which can be used with pretty much any Vivado project, are here: https://github.com/Digilent/dpmutil/. Documentation is here: https://digilent.com/reference/_media/reference/programmable-logic/eclypse-z7/decutil.1.pdf

Thanks,

Arthur