Temperature estimation based on a fan control signal

摘要

Example embodiments disclosed herein relate to the estimation of temperature based on a fan control signal. Example embodiments include the estimation of temperature based on a fan control signal having a value based on a temperature reading of a temperature sensor.

主权项

1. A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium encoded with instructions executable by a processor of a computing device, the storage medium comprising:
instructions to receive, from a fan controller, a first fan control signal capable of driving a fan, the fan controller to determine a value for the first fan control signal based on at least a reading of a temperature sensor; instructions to estimate a temperature state of at least a component of the computing device adjacent to the temperature sensor, based on the first fan control signal and temperature estimation information defining a relationship between a plurality of fan control signal values and respective readings of the temperature sensor; and instructions to generate a second fan control signal based on at least the temperature state estimate; wherein the instructions to estimate the temperature state comprise instructions to select a temperature state associated with one of the fan control signal values of the temperature estimation information that is nearest to the value of the first fan control signal.