LimeNET-Micro Fan Control? - Solved

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I have a LimeNet-Micro V2.1 board with a fan connected to J8. The board is now generating a DVB-S2 TV signal using the Portsdown software on Raspbian Stretch (fully LimeNet Micro compatible code coming to GitHub soon).

I understand that by default the fan is controlled by a sensor of the FPGA temperature but, as my application is processor-intensive, I would like to run the fan all the time to cool the CM3 module.

Is there a LimeSuite C call that I can make to control the fan from my application?

Thanks, Dave

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Hi @DaveG8GKQ,

To be precise, fan is controlled by on-board temperature sensor by default.

This is the function:

LMS_WriteFPGAReg(lms_device_t *device, uint32_t address, uint16_t val);

Use this sequence to turn fan on:

LMS_WriteFPGAReg(DEVICE, 0xCC, 0x01);  // Enable manual fan control
LMS_WriteFPGAReg(DEVICE, 0xCD, 0x01);  // Turn fan on
3

Thanks @Zack

That works perfectly. Now set to come on while transmitting and then set back to auto during standby.

Dave

4

Hi Zack,

Is there any command to read the Board Temperature of a LimeSDR USB?

Thanks

5

Hi @mauro,

Yes, there is a function for this:

API_EXPORT int CALL_CONV LMS_ReadCustomBoardParam ( lms_device_t * device ,
uint8_t id ,
float_type * val ,
lms_name_t units
)

Pass BOARD_PARAM_TEMP for id, NULL for units. Pass pointer to floating value as val where you want temperature to be read.

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Thanks for the answer!

It wasn’t working with units=NULL, but it worked when I passed a variable for the units variable:

Blockquote
float_type temp;
lms_name_t units;
LMS_ReadCustomBoardParam (pdevice,BOARD_PARAM_TEMP,&temp,units);