DIY Fan Controller?

[sirboxalot]

I'm sure it's been done, but how hard is it for someone with a little (what I remember from high school physics) electrical knowledge?

 

[TruGeek]

Shouldn't be too hard. What kind of control are you thinking of? Just on/off or speed too? All manual or did you want to make a circuit to interpret temperature and adjust accordingly?

 

[sirboxalot]

Speed control but probably with simple circuitry... I seem to be not remembering all that much... I'd like to have them all on separate circuits... I think. I know how I'd incorporate just on/off capability but would the knob control voltage or resistance?

 

[’m‚³‚ñ]

Originally posted by sirboxalot
Speed control but probably with simple circuitry... I seem to be not remembering all that much... I'd like to have them all on separate circuits... I think. I know how I'd incorporate just on/off capability but would the knob control voltage or resistance?

If you know how to solder it's not terribly difficult. You solder a wire or two, poke some holes in a face plate, mount a POT, plug it in, and you're finito.

 

[TruGeek]

There are a number of resources in the Case-Mod FAQ under "BayBus" too:

http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=539317

You can check out all the links there for design ideas.

 

[PoW]

Check out the guides section of virtual-hideout.net http://www.virtual-hideout.net/guides/ down at the bottom they have designs for a variety of buses all very good.