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Raspberry Pi Fan Temperature Control [Howto]

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Why people recommend it

Shows how to switch a Raspberry Pi cooling fan by temperature using a GPIO pin and a transistor, reported to work though one reader finds the construction overelaborate.

Watch for: Predates built-in fan control in Raspberry Pi OS

In their words

The author has created a YouTube video illustrating the hardware construction.
Seamus on raspberrypi.stackexchange.com, Oct 2020. CC BY-SA.

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