I haven't noticed any heat issues with the 536Rev2 at all.
Here's a quick test with the 536R2 running the previous/standard tf536r2_main_top_test.jed firmware against a TF330 running the non-NVRAM-fix firmware.
Both CPLDs have a thermocouple placed in the centre and were allowed to idle on workbench for 10mins before running "Hard Drivin" demo loop from WHDLoad for a further half hour.
The ambient temperature in the room is between 20 and 25 degrees. Both cards show very similar results ~40C, allowing for variations in my cheap thermocouples.
I appreciate I'm comparing apples and oranges here as one CPLD is a 144 and the other is a 288 but both seem nominal.
I haven't noticed any CPLDs on any of the 536 cards I've built getting overly warm to the touch. Other than that you would know that they were on.
Now an hour later the 330 is consistently a couple of degrees hotter than the 536, but both are running fine.
Cards.
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