Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] USRP temperature constraints?

[Marcus Leech]

Vincenzo Pellegrini wrote:
> > All of the chips in the USRP are specified over at least the 0-70C
> > range.  At room temperature the USRP can run all-out continuously for
> > days at a time.  Any enclosure should take the power consumption of the
> > system into account.  This can be as high as 15-18 Watts depending on
> > what daughterboards you use.
> >
> > An enclosure for the USRP will be released some time in the next 2
> > months.
> >
> > Matt
> >
> >     
>
>   
I run my USRP+DBS_RX combination inside a styrofoam cooler box, in order 
to stabilize the temperature.
 With a room temperature near 20C, it runs at about 38C.   I run the 
USRP+DBS_RX more-or-less
 continuously for radio astronomy applications.   In my application 
tiny temperature-induced gain
 variations can be a real problem, hence the need to stabilize the 
temperature.