Volume 1 Issue 3 June - August 2013
Research Paper
K.V.N. Kavitha*
Assistant Professor, School of
Electronics Engineering, VIT University, Vellore, India.
Kavitha, K. V. N. (2013). PC Cooling
Fan Using Pulse Width Modulation. i-manager’s Journal on Circuits and
Systems, 1(3), 19-22. https://doi.org/10.26634/jcir.1.3.2444
Abstract
The main objective
of this paper is to design a circuit that can control the speed of a fan based
on the ambient temperature. The fan is used for preventing the heat problems
faced while using high graphics in a laptop or PC. The speed of the fan is varied
based on the pulses that the timer sends out and the concept of pulse width
modulation is used. This provides a simple and inexpensive way to protect
systems like a computer from overheating. The existing external PC cooling fans
have a higher energy consumption than the proposed model. This model is
temperature controlled and the motor is powered on and off based on the pulsed
output from the Pulse Width Modulator (PWM) generator circuit which invariably
depends on the temperature. Hence the model provides cooling based on the need
rather than continuously.
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