PWM or Pulse Width Modulation has generally been regarded as too complicated for PC fan speed control compared against using rheostats or linear voltage regulators such as the LM317. I present here a ...

With my last fan controller review for BitFenix, I covered the basics on what makes for a good fan controller in my opinion. Those are things like controls that aren't easily bumped changing your ...

Speedfan, is right not an option, as it does not support my motherboard. I don't like MSI dragon center, and I dont want to have to go to BIOS to adjust fan speed. What software is there, aside from ...

Enhancing your product with speed-controlled fans can be a quick and significant upgrade — reducing noise, reducing energy use, adding system health monitoring, and providing an important ...

The default for any control project here in 2019 was to reach for a microcontroller. Such are their low cost and ubiquity that they can be used to replicate what might once have needed some extra ...

The Lutron HomeKit-enabled fan controller makes it easy for anyone to control a ceiling fan from the wall, with their phone, or with their voice. But, it isn't perfect. During the 2019 Consumer ...

I know that when the name Aerocool pops up so recently after the review I did on their chassis, the Xpredator X3, many might think this is yet another product that will likely be sub-par, and may not ...

The Maxim MAX 6665 (www.maxim-ic.com) provides a complete temperature-dependent fan controller. It can switch fans operating at voltages of up to 24 V and currents of up to 250 mA. The IC is available ...

We're continually surprised that so few case manufacturers include fan controllers with their cases. The excuses for some, such as Corsair and NZXT (the latter does include them with some of its cases ...

The last fan controller that I looked at from Lamptron, the FC Touch, was a radical departure from what most people are used to seeing in the world of controllers. Goodbye knobs; hello touch screen!

Most of us using desktop computers, and plenty of us on laptops, have some sort of fan or pump installed in our computer to remove heat and keep our machines running at the most optimum temperature.