https://github.com/Uptime-Lab/FanUnit

Fan unit for Compute Blade enclosure
https://github.com/Uptime-Lab/FanUnit

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Fan unit for Compute Blade enclosure

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/Uptime-Lab/FanUnit
• Owner: Uptime-Lab
• Archived: true
• Created: 2022-12-21T21:12:43.000Z (about 2 years ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2023-11-08T21:00:28.000Z (over 1 year ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-08-01T21:53:30.666Z (7 months ago)
• Language: Python
• Size: 6.78 MB
• Stars: 7
• Watchers: 2
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
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  • Readme: README.md

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Compute Blade Fan Unit


  


    When just a fan is ... boring

    


    


  


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## About The Project

![Fan Unit v0.6](images/Fan_Unit_v0.6.jpg)

**The main purpose is to cool Compute Blade installed in the enclosure.**\

Requires 1 Fan Unit per 2 Blades. That is, up to 10 Fan Units per 19" enclosure.

There were many iterations.There are two versions left in the final:

* Smart Fan Unit, based on [Raspberry Pi RP2040](https://www.raspberrypi.com/documentation/microcontrollers/rp2040.html) and [EMC2101](https://www.microchip.com/en-us/product/EMC2101)

* not Smart Fan Unit (or just Dumb Fan Unit)

## Dumb Fan Unit Features

* Isolated powering from both blades at the same time, control from the left in the pair. 

* It is possible to control the speed of fan rotation and get the current speed (RPM). As with any 4-pin PWM Fan.

## Smart Fan Unit Features

* 2 UART for communication with blades

* 2 temperature sensors

* 2 LEDs for indicating which blade is working

* 2 Digital RGB LEDs

* 1 LED to GPIO25

* PWM fan

* Button that can be assigned to any action

* Reset and BOOT buttons (for RP2040 code development)

Various usage scenarios are possible.

#### For example

* It adjusts the speed and color of the digital LEDs depending on the temperature of the airflow. You can specify the desired speed from both blades simply by UART. 

* Blades can report processor temperatures via UART, and the Fan Unit sets the fan speed and color of the digital LEDs. The button can work for blade identification.

* TBD

## Images

20x Fan Units in 2U 19"

![20x_Fan_Units](images/20x_Fan_Units.jpg)

5x Fan Units in 1U 10"

![5x_Fan_Units](images/5x_Fan_Units.jpg)

Smart Fan Unit v0.8

![Fan_Unit_v0.8](images/Fan_Unit_v0.8.jpg)

![Fan_Unit_v0.8](images/Fan_Unit_v0.8_1.jpg)

## Authors

* [Merocle](https://github.com/Merocle) - *Ivan Kuleshov*