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by mcmahad
Sun Aug 30, 2009 1:56 pm
Forum: Fans and Control
Topic: Thoughts on a fan controller I have been tinkering with
Replies: 19
Views: 10028

I guess you could always take the approach of setting a fixed fan speed just below the level of audible distraction and be done with it. That's a simpler approach than even I am taking. A CPU is very tolerant of larger temperature swings, as long as you stay under some critical limit. Well we are t...
by mcmahad
Sat Aug 29, 2009 11:18 am
Forum: Fans and Control
Topic: Thoughts on a fan controller I have been tinkering with
Replies: 19
Views: 10028

EsaT said: Have you tested with different fans know from PWM induced noises? No, and that's a good point. I have a handful of small fans laying about that I test with. My fans are no-name junk that were just salvaged from various old computers. I need to finalize the circuit and then start testing....
by mcmahad
Sat Aug 29, 2009 10:06 am
Forum: Fans and Control
Topic: Thoughts on a fan controller I have been tinkering with
Replies: 19
Views: 10028

NeilBlanchard said: In my slot car controller, there is a little resistor "pack" that plugs into a socket -- would something like this make it easier? Neil, I thought about that. If I could find those R-packs that would do the job, I would use them for any kind of volume production. My problem is t...
by mcmahad
Wed Aug 26, 2009 6:09 pm
Forum: Fans and Control
Topic: Thoughts on a fan controller I have been tinkering with
Replies: 19
Views: 10028

Thoughts on a fan controller I have been tinkering with

People, I have been tinkering with some electronic circuits for a few months now and I have a first cut at a circuit for a good PWM fan controller. This is my first post but I have been lurking these forums for a while now. I haven't seen anything like this, but I haven't seen everything. The purpos...