07-13-2021, 01:34 AM
Yep, the one facing the freeplay board is the one I was referring to. I think for most cases it won't be an issue for a customer, might even be nice to have another heatsink on there for anyone just making a base freeplay cm3. But with the L2/R2 slim dual analog board it doesn't fit.
I work for a company that makes motion controllers, and I'm on the circuit building/repair side, we've been getting hit with part shortages too so I feel ya lol. One part we have on order has an eta of August. in 2023! lmao
I think you guys could go either way, leaving them on or taking them off since it might be a fairly rare problem. But if you leave them, I would just add a note or something somewhere mentioning that if you get that slim add on that you need to remove the heatsink. Though, I'm a little concerned about someone not used to this kind of work being too rough when removing it and accidentally damaging the chip. Iirc it was a bga chip and those are a pain to resolder even if you know what you're doing lol
I work for a company that makes motion controllers, and I'm on the circuit building/repair side, we've been getting hit with part shortages too so I feel ya lol. One part we have on order has an eta of August. in 2023! lmao
I think you guys could go either way, leaving them on or taking them off since it might be a fairly rare problem. But if you leave them, I would just add a note or something somewhere mentioning that if you get that slim add on that you need to remove the heatsink. Though, I'm a little concerned about someone not used to this kind of work being too rough when removing it and accidentally damaging the chip. Iirc it was a bga chip and those are a pain to resolder even if you know what you're doing lol