Fan power and control based on CPU temp

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Fan power and control based on CPU temp

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"Out of box" idea - Have pi-star control a small 5v fan to assist with cooling the system via POE pins on 3B+ and/or screen connections on radio board based on "color" temperature. Green off; Yellow slow; Red full speed.
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Re: Fan power and control based on CPU temp

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there are a couple of PWM scripts that will switch a transistor to run a fan at variable speed, that kind of thing should work well.
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Re: Fan power and control based on CPU temp

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The RPi3 is an System on Chip device with thermal trottle which reduces CPU clock speed if necessary to limit the temperature at 80 degC. My RPi3 pi-star system runs at about 55 degC with a 22 degC ambient in a standard raspberry pi box so I don't see the point of heatsinks.
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Re: Fan power and control based on CPU temp

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G3SNA wrote: Wed May 23, 2018 6:55 pm The RPi3 is an System on Chip device with thermal trottle which reduces CPU clock speed if necessary to limit the temperature at 80 degC. My RPi3 pi-star system runs at about 55 degC with a 22 degC ambient in a standard raspberry pi box so I don't see the point of heatsinks.
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