Pi5 Fan Control

The Pi5 Fan Control library wraps functions to read and control the fan curve of a Raspberry Pi 5 from a Python script. The main method of doing this is through editing the firmware config.txt.

Prerequisites

You will need a fan, like the official case fan or the Active Cooler fan, plugged into the fan port on your Pi 5. In addition, you will need some form of sudo access on your Pi, as the library requires it in order to access the configuration files.

Installation

This library is available in PyPi. Simply install the library:

pip install pi5-fan-control

Getting Started

Example code files can be found under src/pi5_fancontrol/examples in the repository. In addition, unit tests for every function of the library can be found in the tests folder; read through these to get a comprehensive understanding of what the library can do. Features include:

• Updating the fan curve (requires a reboot to take effect)
• Reading the current fan curve config, if it exists
• Getting the live fan speed and CPU temperature
• Safety checks for bad configs, bad values

Getting Help

If you need any help with this library, or if you've found an issue, please feel free to open up a new issue in this repository or email me at shashankprasanna1@gmail.com.

If you're feeling up to the task, you can also update the code yourself and submit a pull request.