Temp display

[slifer]

Is it possible to mod something that will be its own stand alone display that can display all the system information? things such like CPU temperature, GPU temperature, clock speeds.. I know there are applications like rainmeter that can show most of this stuff, but is it possible to have a stand alone screen that will show you all of this information, but the mouse won't be able to go to that screen? So it would be something that would look like an aircraft display..

 

something like this

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/03/737-800_EIS_After_Landing.jpg

 

so essentially it would be a fancy fan controller but with a lot more information.. is it possible? Or would something like rainmeter be the only option?

[BlueChinchillaEatingDorito]

The only thing I can think of is something like the Zalman ZM-MFC3. But I love the concept, being an aviation enthusiast myself. 

 

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[Naeaes]

It's entirely possible. A lot of work, but entirely possible. You can get a bunch of temp sensors and build a logics board out of an Arduino or even Raspberry Pi. Why not even program a windows software to output the internal readings to serial port or something and input those to the logics board. Then you can program a software on it to display the readings on a standalone HDMI monitor. I don't see why the source code for something like this wouldn't be available online already. People have done it at least.

[slifer]

1 hour ago, BlueChinchillaEatingDorito said:

The only thing I can think of is something like the Zalman ZM-MFC3. But I love the concept, being an aviation enthusiast myself. 

 

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yeah I'm currently studying to enter the aviation industry.. and the concept is very cool. Would love to have an aviation themed computer.. maybe like toggle switches and all that sort.

 

38 minutes ago, Naeaes said:

It's entirely possible. A lot of work, but entirely possible. You can get a bunch of temp sensors and build a logics board out of an Arduino or even Raspberry Pi. Why not even program a windows software to output the internal readings to serial port or something and input those to the logics board. Then you can program a software on it to display the readings on a standalone HDMI monitor. I don't see why the source code for something like this wouldn't be available online already. People have done it at least.

How much work would something like this take to program? I have zero programming experience.. but I would be willing to learn if it is not that hard of a process. But yeah, I can see how it could be possible since there are similar things that show temperature and all of that on fan controllers.

[Naeaes]

1 minute ago, slifer said:

How much work would something like this take to program? I have zero programming experience.. but I would be willing to learn if it is not that hard of a process. But yeah, I can see how it could be possible since there are similar things that show temperature and all of that on fan controllers.

A lot-lot, I'd imagine. Especially the part about transmitting readouts from a Windows program into an external device is not what you want your first programming experience to be. It's like learning to drive using a helicopter. If I were you I'd look into modifying something like OpenHWMonitor to suit my needs. Keep the backend and only modify the user interface.

[slifer]

17 hours ago, Naeaes said:

A lot-lot, I'd imagine. Especially the part about transmitting readouts from a Windows program into an external device is not what you want your first programming experience to be. It's like learning to drive using a helicopter. If I were you I'd look into modifying something like OpenHWMonitor to suit my needs. Keep the backend and only modify the user interface.

That looks great  shame they didn't add visuals for it to show percentages