1.2 Objectives

For this complex application, it is necessary to define the design requirements. This way, resources such as time, energy and money are efficiently allocated while maximizing the feature set. For the cold plate, the final design requirements were:

• Able to reach 0°C
• Up to 10A cooling current
• Safe to operate outside of a lab environment
  • Ability to detect cooling fan failures
  • Monitors system current
  • Shuts down if the system overheats
• User-adjustable temperature and relevant settings