SPRACL7 March   2019 AM5746 , AM5748 , AM5749

 

  1.   AM574x thermal considerations
    1.     Trademarks
    2. 1 Overview
    3. 2 Important Notes
    4. 3 Test Overview
      1. 3.1 OS Idle
      2. 3.2 Dhrystone
      3. 3.3 Temperature Measurement
      4. 3.4 OPP Definitions
    5. 4 Data and Results
      1. 4.1 OPP Settings and Linux Thermal Framework
      2. 4.2 Power and Thermal Chamber Measurements
      3. 4.3 OS Idle at OPP_NOM
      4. 4.4 Dhrystone 1 Core at OPP_NOM
      5. 4.5 Dhrystone 2 Core at OPP_NOM
      6. 4.6 Dhrystone 1 Core at OPP_HIGH
      7. 4.7 Dhrystone 2 Core at OPP_HIGH
    6. 5 References

3.3 Temperature Measurement

Reported temperature data is measured by on-die sensors to the approximate actual junction temperature. Temperature for each use-case is measured after soaking for five minutes. Under lab conditions, it is determined a five minute period allows the processor to reach stable temperature.

The TI Processor SDK provides Linux drivers for these sensors, and can be queried from the command-line. For example:

# cat /sys/class/thermal/thermal_zone0/temp 71800