ElmoMC SimplIQ Digital Servo Drives-Guitar Installation Guide - Manual (Page 20)

Guitar Installation Guide Installation
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3.4. Mounting the Guitar
The Guitar was designed for mounting on a printed circuit board (PCB) via 2 mm pitch 0.51 mm
square pins. When integrating the Guitar 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 Guitar be soldered directly to the board. Alternatively, though this is not recommended,
the Guitar can be attached to socket connectors mounted on the PCB. If the PCB is enclosed in
a metal chassis, we recommend that the Guitar be screw-mounted to it as well to help with
heat dissipation. The Guitar has screw-mount holes on each corner of the heatsink for this
purpose.
Figure 3: The Guitar Footprint
When the Guitar 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.