Raspberry Pi 5 Active Cooling Anatomy

Chapter: 14 — Raspberry Pi 5 Hardware: Storage, Camera, and Cooling

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About This Poster

Heat sink and active cooling are defined in prose and charted over time elsewhere in this chapter, but nothing shows what the cooling hardware looks like or how it contacts the processor — this poster does.

How to Use

• Explore — hover or tap a numbered marker to read about that part.
• Quiz — test whether you can identify each part from a visual hint alone.
• Edit mode — open main.html?edit=true to drag markers and recalibrate positions once the poster image is generated.

Labeled Structures

1. Aluminum Heat Sink Fins
2. Cooling Fan
3. Thermal Interface Material
4. Spring-Loaded Mounting Clips
5. PWM Fan Cable
6. Processor (SoC)
7. Case Vent Opening