#External temp monitor for pc how to#
#External temp monitor for pc software#

I'd rather use their 20x4 RGB Negative than the 16x2, really. On top of that, that kit is only for a 16x2. If I could use an arduino or trinket/gemma, that'd be cool too but I don't know if that's possible (all the arduino stuff shows needing some other component too).

If I was able to buy the backpack on it's own, that'd be cool, which you can't (which, as others have remarkedon adafruit forums, is very odd, they only have an i2c kit, but if i can use a i2c to usb, that would be cool, if it works?).

#External temp monitor for pc how to#

I mean, can I buy an adafruit trinket/gemma/arduino thing to control an LCD? I'm already using a trinket for momentary servo control (push to open side panel, push again to close side panel) but I'm not sure if it has enough resources on it to also control the LCD with input from the motherboard.Īdafruit has a tutorial on how to use their USB + Serial Backpack Kit with 16x2 RGB, which doesn't exactly tell you how to do it, as it's essentially a plug-n-play unit. However I'd prefer 20x4 really, and I want to know how to do this without having to buy a ready-kit. Adafruit doesn't sell this USB backpack on it's own.

#External temp monitor for pc software#

I know I2C is a challenge as my Z87X-UD3H/i7-4770K motherboard does not have an I2C port (besides messing with the ram modules but obviously that's not possible), but what about a I2C to USB adaptor?īesides insanely overpriced, garbage Matrix Orbital screens, the closest I could find to my needs were:Īs in, it comes with a USB backpack, and then I simply use LCD Smartie software to tell it to report cpu temp from a program like hwinfo. This is not a necessity, as mounting inside my case will still look awesome. i mean if I can't find a screen in those sizes, don't worry, and I'll play with cutting the bay covers anyways). Cutting a spare bay cover is not an option, as my Bitfenix Shinobi case has a 'Sofplastic' coating so any cutting into the panels looks awful (I could put u-trim on it, but that'd look like crap. I'll be putting it inside my windowed case, but if I could find a screen with 4x1 or 5¾x1⅝' vieweing or active area that would be perfect as I could mount it in a 3.25/5.25 bay.

I want to use a screen (LCD, TFT, OLED, I'm open to anything but right now mostly looking at RGB negative 20x4, for blue to match my pc build theme) to display CPU temps, as reported from the motherboard (ie either pulling from software like cputemp, hwinfo, etc, or straight from the hardware, the cpu, etc), NOT a thermistor (you can't use a thermistor on a chip anywhere close to accurately, and closest is to mill it, assuming you have an IHS, which I dont). A screen is easy, the hard part is controlling the screen. In short, I want to use a screen to display CPU temps as reported by software (or hardware, technically) from my motherboard.