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The Raspberry Pi 4 Case Fan works with Raspberry Pi 4 and the Raspberry Pi 4 Case. Designed for overclockers and other power users, it keeps your Raspberry Pi 4 at a comfortable operating temperature even under heavy load.
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Hello! I was just wondering if there was a downloadable script for the Raspberry Pi 4 Case Fan (a script like the one for the Argon One fan). I know how to use it with Raspberry Pi OS but I would like to use some other Linux distros. Thank you!
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Hi Willem,
All you’d have to do would be to turn on and off the control pin on the Pi that the fan plugs into.
Someone made a simple script for this, you’ll just have to double check that running the gpio
and vcgencmd
command will work in your OS:
#!/bin/bash
ontemp=48
gpio -g mode 3 out
temp=$(vcgencmd measure_temp | egrep -o '[0-9]*\.[0-9]*')
echo $temp #use BCM pin 3, as pin 2 is used for PSU control
temp0=${temp%.*}
echo $temp0
if [ $temp0 -gt $ontemp ]
then
echo greater than $ontemp fan on
gpio -g write 3 1
else
echo less than or equal to $ontemp fan off
gpio -g write 3 0
fi
All the best with your cool Pi!
-James
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Thanks for your help! I appreciate your time.
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