PiFlux · Volume 4
Power & Thermal with M.2
Power budget for the Pi 5 + NVMe + display, runtime impact on the 10,000 mAh battery, the Active Cooling System, and thermal management
Stub — section skeleton authored 2026-06-27; prose to follow.
4.1 The PiFlux Power System
4.2 Power Budget
4.2.1 Pi 5 power draw by workload
4.2.2 NVMe M.2 Mod contribution
4.2.3 Display power draw
4.2.4 Total system power and runtime math
4.3 Runtime Impact of M.2 on the 10,000 mAh Battery
4.4 Thermal Management
4.4.1 Pi 5 thermal behaviour and throttling
4.4.2 NVMe heat contribution
4.4.3 The Active Cooling System
4.4.4 Thermal testing methodology
4.5 Governor Configuration for Battery vs. Performance
4.6 Resources
Table 1 — 6. Resources
| Resource | URL |
|---|---|
| Pi 5 power / thermal characterisation | [VERIFY: link to official Pi documentation or reputable benchmark] |
Pi 5 vcgencmd reference | https://www.raspberrypi.com/documentation/computers/os.html |
| Active Cooling System (Carbon Computers) | https://carboncomputers.us/products/pi-flux |
| Vol 2 — Choosing the Pi 5 (RAM and PCIe) | ../../PiFlux/02-inputs/volume_sources/vol2.md |
| Vol 3 — M.2 Storage | ../../PiFlux/02-inputs/volume_sources/vol3.md |