Electronics CPU VU meter

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  1. ^KoC^R@

    ^KoC^R@ What's a Dremel?

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    they have been made over and over again, vu meters

    for sound, hdd activity, network activity...

    but i want one for cpu activity, and u guys will have to help me :D
    some of you will refer to pointofnoreturn
    that would be a no go because i don't have a par port that is free

    so i want it to be serial or usb or so

    just a led that blinks, just like the hdd led (that everyone changes to blue, yes that one)
    would be nice too, than i can just connect it to a vu meter that i have

    thank you very much and i hope you guys can help me

    cheers
     
    ^KoC^R@, 26 Jul 2002
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  2. philth

    philth What's a Dremel?

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    pointless!?

    Dude, what would be the point, it would be pretty much on constantly.

    philth
     
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  3. chopsuwe

    chopsuwe What's a Dremel?

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    It can be done. I guess that pointofnoreturn is the one I was thinking about that uses 8 leds on the parallel port, which would be the easiest way. Otherwise I think you are going to have to get into making something that runs of the serial port.
     
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  4. ^KoC^R@

    ^KoC^R@ What's a Dremel?

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    Re: pointless!?

    :rolleyes:

    i know, but i don't know how? i cant program and the hardware isn't easy neither
     
    ^KoC^R@, 27 Jul 2002
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  5. AmPz

    AmPz What's a Dremel?

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    If you can't program and you can't work with electronics, then you can't do this.
     
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  6. ^KoC^R@

    ^KoC^R@ What's a Dremel?

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    i can solder dude =)
    just need some sort of circuit/software?

    i'm not a total noob, already made some vu meters, rheobusses, baybusses, ...
     
    ^KoC^R@, 28 Jul 2002
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  7. scoob8000

    scoob8000 Wheres my plasma cutter?

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    obviously someone doesnt crunch SETI.. my cpu on all my machines is always 100% :p

    ever see the CPU tachometer? similar to what your looking for..

    http://www.xoxide.com/pctachometer1.html

    -scoob8000
     
    scoob8000, 29 Jul 2002
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  8. ^KoC^R@

    ^KoC^R@ What's a Dremel?

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    no good dude :p

    i need 10 leds :D

    is it hard to develop soft for the serial port?
     
    ^KoC^R@, 29 Jul 2002
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  9. CrazyJester

    CrazyJester What's a Dremel?

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    you could cut out the tach and hack a lm3914 to it somehow :) ofcourse the tach is most of the cost :)
     
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  10. scoob8000

    scoob8000 Wheres my plasma cutter?

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    true.. true.. i dont know how the software for the tach works, but the tach operates on pulses, at least on cars, one pulse per crank rotation..

    for the leds i think you would need to vary the voltage.. sounds like i could get complex.. hrmm :idea:

    -scoob8000
     
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  11. ^KoC^R@

    ^KoC^R@ What's a Dremel?

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    what's a tach? :rolleyes: :blush:
     
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  12. Shadowspawn

    Shadowspawn Another hated American.

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    tach=tachometer. That thing on your dash (some dashes anyway) that shows the speed of your engine (RPM's). In the case of the above link, it shows the activity of the cpu. Very cool device. One of the systems that competed in the case competition against Anemone (sp?) had one I noticed...went very well with the flame jobs he had going on the case.
     
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  13. chopsuwe

    chopsuwe What's a Dremel?

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    The electronics are the easiest part. If anyone can do the coding to produce pulses at the serial port coresponding to the cpu load I can design a circuit.
     
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