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Second graphical attempt at the CPU/GPU temperature gauge widget |
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Sunday, 16 January 2011 |
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This is the second graphical attempt at the CPU/GPU temperature gauge
widget.
I have made the widget slightly bigger than it will actually be on the
dekstop. This is because I can work much better on a larger Photoshop
image than a tiny-weeny one. The widget will be resized when it is coded
and will fit much better with the steampunk clock/calendar widget.
The controls should be easy on this one and fairly intuitive, at least I
hope you think so. It will be possible to enable/disable either of the
two thermometers so that you may monitor of just one element the
temperatures as you wish.
The current temperature will be indicated by the red mercury in the
glass tube. The maximum temperature achieved will be indicated by the
metal indicator that floats on top the red mercury. It will be possible
to reset this by pulling it down to the current red mercury level.
There are two lights that indicate an over-temperature condition, these
are goverened by the tiny brass siders that can be set to correspond to
three temperature levels, OFF, COLD, WARM and HOT. The slider may be
manually set to various positions that equate to the normal temperature
ranges of your hardware. If the HOT level is reached then the associated
lamp will flash and the optional alarm will chime until reset.
The large slider on the right will control the sampling interval.
Finally, it will be possible to remove all but the temperature gauges if
required, allowing the controls, indicator lamps and background to
disappear altogether.
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Last Updated ( Friday, 16 September 2011 )
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