pifan

Raspberry Pi fan controller daemon

Start fan when CPU temperature is high and stop it when CPU temperature is low.

Dependencies

To install dependencies do this:

sudo apt install gpiod libgpiod-dev

Download

To download the latest source do this:

git clone https://github.com/mrabine/pifan.git

Configuration

To configure pifan do this:

cd pifan
mkdir build && cd build
cmake ..

Installation

To install pifan do this:

make && sudo make install

Enabling

To enable pifan do this:

sudo systemctl enable pifan
sudo systemctl start pifan

Usage

pifan [options]

-c
 print the cpu temperature
-h
 show available options
-i interval
 sleep interval (default: 2 seconds)
-l threshold
 lower threshold (default: 60°C)
-n
 don't fork into background
-p pin
 gpio pin (default: 14)
-u threshold
 upper threshold (default: 70°C)
-v
 print version

License

MIT