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Description
Feature Description
Add dedicated support for water cooling pumps and AIO coolers.
Motivation
Pumps have different requirements than fans:
- Constant speed operation preferred
- Lower PWM frequencies (10-15 kHz)
- Flow rate monitoring
- Coolant temperature critical
Features
Pump Mode per Channel
pico-fan-ctl config channel 6 --mode pump --pwm-freq 12Pump Mode Characteristics:
- Default speed: 80% (not 0%)
- Minimum speed: 40% (prevent cavitation)
- Slower ramp rates
- Alarm on low RPM
Coolant Temperature Integration
- Dedicated sensor for coolant temp
- Most critical temperature
- Primary input for fan curves
Flow Rate Monitoring
- Calculate from pump tach signal
- Flow rate = RPM × pump factor
- Alert on low flow
- Exposure via hwmon
Safety Features
- Never stop pump (minimum speed)
- Alarm on pump failure
- All fans → 100% if pump fails
- Buzzer alert
Hardware
No changes required:
- Use existing fan connectors
- Same tach reading
- PWM frequency adjustable
Optional additions:
- Dedicated pump connectors (3-pin)
- Flow meter support (pulse counting)
Software
hwmon
pump1_input # Pump RPM
flow1_input # Flow rate (L/h)
temp1_input # Coolant temperature
CLI
pico-fan-ctl pump status
pico-fan-ctl pump set-speed 80
pico-fan-ctl pump curve --based-on coolant_tempPriority
Medium - Important for water cooling users
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