This app can be used to display the temperature of your PCs CPU and GPU a couple of TM1637 displays and an RPI pico. If you already own a soldering iron and some scraps of cable you cand build this thing for around 15 bucks.
- HW069 / TM1637 4 digit 7 part display
- Rasberry Pi Pico
- Download the UF2 file for the Pico from here: https://www.raspberrypi.com/documentation/microcontrollers/micropython.html
- Download and install Thonny: https://thonny.org/
- Plug your RPI Pico into your PC while holding down the BOOTSEL button.
- Copy the UF2 image into your PICO device in using file explorer (it should be called RPI-RP2).
- After doing this the device will restart.
- Start Thonny.
- Copy and paste script in PicoDisplayApp\main.py into the code editor.
- Press the save button, a prompt should pop up asking you where you want to save the file. Save it to the Pico using the name
main.py
- Copy the project Temp Sensor App directory somewhere on to your PC.
- Run the TempSensorApp.exe file.
- If you've setup everything successfully, the you should see the temperatures pop up on each display.