DIY fan controller

mymorph · 17 Apr 2010 at 22:17

in the absence of a decent 3.5 bay fan controller that i thinks worth the money. and my lack of PWM fans combined with a love of tinkering just for tinkering sake i though id have ago a at this:

http://www.heatsink-guide.com/content.php?content=control.shtml

priced up the bits to make a couple of these for approx £10. seems like it could be fun. and will solve my amnesia of forgetting to turn up the fans when on full load. i might even make a 3.5" bay adapter for a couple of them.

shahpor · 18 Apr 2010 at 18:31

Looks interesting.

Love this sort of DIY electronics.

Let us know how you get on. Lots of pics please.

mymorph · 18 Apr 2010 at 19:23

will do, just need to find the spindle potentiometer in stock somewhere

siege2 · 18 Apr 2010 at 19:34

from RAPid online, RSH Electronic, Farnell, etc

thingemajib · 18 Apr 2010 at 20:02

hah.
tried doing a bay controller for a DT AS project, using BASIC programmable chips.
had manual/temperature control for two fans (was gonna be four, but didnt have the space) and a nice blue LCD showing rpm and temp.

i was using it until i got rid of my dustbuster AMD fan. It just about worked...