cisecke/blinkt-cpu-info repository overview

⁠CPU Temperature and Load shown with Pimoroni Blinkt and/or LED SHIM for Raspberry Pi.

⁠Usage

The following commands runs the CPU-Info Docker container.

• The short command for all that can't await it:

  docker run -d \
  --name blinkt-cpu-info \
  --privileged \
  --restart=unless-stopped \
  -e Device=Blinkt \
  cisecke/blinkt-cpu-info
  

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• The complete command with all arguments:

  docker run -d \
  --name blinkt-cpu-info \
  --privileged \
  --restart=unless-stopped \
  -e Mode=Mixed \
  -e Brightness=0.05 \
  -e Interval=0.05 \
  -e Smooth=True \
  -e Direction=LTR \
  -e Device=Blinkt \
  -e Marker=False \
  -e Segmented=False \
  cisecke/blinkt-cpu-info
  

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⁠Parameters

When running the client, the following parameters are available

• -e Mode=Mixed The Mode can be chosen between Mixed(default), Temp and Load.
  • -e Mode=Temp shows the temperature in red, it is divided in 10°C steps. As example for Blinkt 4 red LEDs means 40°C.
  • -e Mode=Load shows the CPU Load in blue, it is divided by the device LED count (Blinkt has 8 and SHIM has 28). As example for Blinkt 4 blue LEDs mean 50% CPU Load.
  • -e Mode=Mixed combines the other 2 modes and mixes the colors as purple.
• -e Brightness=0.05 sets the brightness of the LEDs from 0.0 to 1.0 (default 0.05 for BLINKT and 1.0 for LED SHIM).
• -e Interval=0.05 sets the interval in which the values are updated (default 0.05).
• -e Smooth=True smoothens the colors of the LEDs, set False to deactivate (default True).
• -e Direction=LTR sets the orientation of the LEDs to left-to-right (LTR) or right-to-left (RTL) (default LTR).
• -e Device=Blinkt The Device can be chosen between Blinkt (default) and Shim
  • -e Device=Blinkt sets the output device to Blinkt⁠.
  • -e Device=Shim sets the output device to LED SHIM⁠.
• -e Marker=True shows 3 markers on the device for a better segment recognition, especially useful for the LED SHIM with it's 28 LEDs (default False for Blinkt and True for LED SHIM).
• -e Segmented=True shows the load of all 4 CPU Cores separated (default False for Blinkt and True for LED SHIM).

All parameters are optional and the values are case-insensitive, the default values are used if they are omitted.
If LED SHIM is used as Device, a higher Brightness than the Blinkt value should be used because Blinkt is much brighter than LED SHIM.

⁠Future

• Make the docker image smaller.
• Add docker-compose file.

⁠Changelog:

• 16-03-2019:
  • Device introduced to change the output device between Blinkt⁠ and LED SHIM⁠
  • Marker introduced
  • Orientation renamed to Direction
  • L2R and R2L renamed
• 23-02-2019: Orientation added and base image changed to balenalib/rpi-raspbian

⁠More Info

• https://github.com/revsol/blinkt-cpu-info⁠
• For issues, suggestions or questions just create an Issue on Github.
• Thanks to Pimoroni⁠ for their great toys.
• https://shop.pimoroni.com/products/blinkt⁠
• https://shop.pimoroni.com/products/led-shim⁠