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Revisiting a temperature controlled fan

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Revisiting a temperature controlled fan

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- The Raspberry Pi 4 is a great computer, but it has a problem with overheating. There are several solutions to this, one of them is to add a temperature controlled fan. I discussed how to do this, in a previous Raspberry Pi Weekly, and recently, the Raspberry Pi Foundation created not only a case with a fan, but also built code into the operating system to accomplish the same task. This week, let's look at this new addition to the Raspberry Pi, and how to use it, to cool your microprocessor. Hi, I'm Mark Niemann-Ross, and welcome to this week's edition of Raspberry Pi Weekly. Every week we explore the Raspberry Pi and share useful tips. If you purchase the fan kit, from one of the Raspberry Pi distributors, the whole package will cost about $5 USD. Connecting the fan is easy. There are three leads, red, black, and blue. Shut down your Raspberry Pi, connect black to ground, red to a five volt pin, and blue to…

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