
Advantech SOM-ETX Design Guide
Figure 8-1 Air Intake Clearance
Air flow
Air flow
(a) Top View
(b) Side View
Figure 8-2 Air Flow Direction
8.6 EXT-SOM Heatsink Specification
Figure 8-3 SOM-ETX Heatsink
The SOM-ETX without heatsink has a maximum thickness of 12 mm while the top
components are up to 8mm high and the bottom components are up to 2 mm high.
The headers X1 to X4 (FX8-100P-SV) on SOM-ETX are 2.8mm high and will be
connected to their counterparts the receptacles (FX8-100S) on the Carrier Board.
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