NVIDIA Jetson fan control

Automatically control the fan speed on a Jetson board.

Tested on a Jetson Nano, but should work on other boards as well.

Installation

Requires Python 3. Simply run the install.sh script to install the Python script and systemd units in your system.

Inspect the logs

To check the logs:

journalctl -f -u fan-control.service

Configure

Edit the Environment setting in /lib/systemd/system/fan-control.service:

Environment=FAN_CONTROL_MIN_TEMP=10 FAN_CONTROL_MAX_TEMP=50 FAN_CONTROL_EXCLUDE_ZONES=thermal_zone4

Reload & restart the service:

sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl restart fan-control.service