CPU Stress Detector with Bolt Platform

This project is helpful in determining tthe stress that your CPU feels.It indicates via LED's.

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Things used in this project

Hardware components

Bolt IoT Bolt WiFi Module

5 mm LED: Red

5 mm LED: Green

Software apps and online services

Bolt IoT Android App

Bolt IoT Bolt Cloud

vmware software

Story

Introduction:

Many times cpu gets overloaded.we doesn't recognize the cpu stress and use the PC until it gets heated.It may cause damage to our system.

CPU STRESS DETECTOR is used to avoid this problem.An LED is used to indicate the cpu stress.

If the cpu gets overloaded, a red LED is turns on and gives the alert.If the cpu is cool, then a green LED is on.By these indications, we can get to know the stress levels of cpu.

Hardware Setup:

The hardware connections are quite straightforward if you've already gone through the steps in the Quickstart guide to setup the bolt device.

                   Bolt cloud link:www.cloud.boltiot.com

The Green LED is connected between digital pins 0 and GND. The red LED is connected between digital pins 1 and 2.

Software Setup:

Install VMware software in the pc in which the stress is to to be detected.Also install ubuntu server.

VMWare Download link - https://my.vmware.com/web/vmware/free#desktop_end_user_computing/vmware_workstation_player/12_0

Ubuntu Server ISO link - http://releases.ubuntu.com/xenial/ubuntu-16.04.5-server-i386.

create a python file as

sudo nano filename.py

copy the API key and the Bolt Device Id after setting up your Bolt Iot Cloud account from the dashboard.

save, exit(ctrl+x) and run the file as

sudo python3 filename. py

The LED's are turned on based on the stress levels of cpu.

Code

cpustress

import psutil
from boltiot import Bolt

api_key = "YOUR_API_KEY"
d_id = "YOUR_DEVICE_ID"

cpu_red_threshold = 0.4
client= Bolt(api_key, d_id)

#interval in seconds to check cpu usage
interval = 5

def control_green_led(pin, value):
    response = client.digitalWrite(pin, value)

def control_red_led(pin, value):
    response = client.digitalWrite(pin, value)

while True:
    cpu_usage = psutil.cpu_percent(interval = interval)
    print "CPU usage is", cpu_usage
    if cpu_usage > cpu_red_threshold:
        control_green_led('0','LOW')
        control_red_led('1', 'HIGH')
        control_red_led('2', 'LOW')
    else:
        control_green_led('0', 'HIGH')
        control_red_led('1', 'LOW')

Credits

Kandregula leela sai lakshmi sudha

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CPU Stress Detector with Bolt Platform