To completely disable WiFi and Bluetooth by disabling kernel modules in Raspbian / OSMC add following lines to
/etc/modprobe.d/raspi-blacklist.conf
[code]
#wifi
blacklist brcmfmac
blacklist brcmutil
#bt
blacklist btbcm
blacklist hci_uart
[/code]
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Raspberry pi best heatsink comparison benchmark
Raspberry Pi manufacturer has stated that you don’t need heatsink for the normal operation of the Raspberry Pi device, however overclocked or heavily stressed devices will benefit from heatsink installation.
I decided to compare available heatsinks on the market and have found the best heatsink for Raspberry Pi 3.
First tested heatsink is small – 14x14x6mm, priced 1$ on Ebay
It has an adhesive layer for mounting on CPU.
Second heatsink – is larger 50x25x10mm, also priced 1$
Mounting was done with Arctic Silver thermal compound and super-glue 🙂 Thermal compound was applied to the center and glue – to the corners of the chip.
Please note that this will be a permanent solution, and you will not be able to remove the heatsink.
For loading the CPU I used stress software (apt-get install stress).
Only 1 core of Raspberry Pi 3 was loaded – frequencies: arm_freq=1290 core_freq=430
Here are the temperature graphs:
Red line – no heatsink.
Blue – small heatsink 14Ñ…14
Green – large heatsink 50Ñ…25
For a price of 1$ you can greatly improve temperature of Raspberry Pi 3 – by 8 degrees in idle state and by 13 degrees under moderate load.