Mounting the hawk – ElmoMC ExtrIQ Digital Servo Drives-Hawk User Manual
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Hawk Installation Guide
Installation
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3.4. Mounting the Hawk
The Hawk was designed for mounting on a printed circuit board (PCB) via 2 mm pitch 0.51 mm
square pins. When integrating the Hawk into a device, be sure to leave about 1 cm (0.4")
outward from the heatsink to enable free air convection around the drive. We recommend that
the Hawk be soldered directly to the board. Alternatively, though this is not recommended, the
Hawk can be attached to socket connectors mounted on the PCB. If the PCB is enclosed in a
metal chassis, we recommend that the Hawk be screw-mounted to it as well to help with heat
dissipation. The Hawk has screw-mount holes on each corner of the heatsink for this purpose –
see below.
Figure 3: The Hawk Footprint
When the Hawk is not connected to a metal chassis, the application’s thermal profile may
require a solution for heat dissipation due to insufficient air convection. In this case, we
recommend that you connect an external heatsink.