bojanvidanovic / LedBorg-CPU-Monitor

CPU usage monitor using LedBorg

LedBorg CPU Monitor on RaspberryPi

Simple script written in Python for free use on your RaspberryPi with LedBorg, handy tool for monitoring your CPU usage in a simple way. I have implemented gradient of 10 colors, from blue(<10%)-green(<50%)-red(<90%) CPU usage.

Requirements

Raspberry Pi

LedBorg from PiBorg

WiringPi2 Python module, installation instructions available here

Python 2.7

psutil module

Some linux knowledge

Test

sudo python ledborg-cpu-monitor.py

Installation

1. Copy ledborg-cpu-monitor.py in /usr/local/bin/ledborg #You can change the path
   

   sudo cp ledborg-cpu-monitor.py /usr/local/bin/ledborg/
   

2. Make sure the script is executable
   

   sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/ledborg/ledborg-cpu-monitor.py
   

3. Copy ledborg-cpu-monitor.sh in /etc/init.d #If you have changed default path of py script, you need to this file adding the correct path

   sudo cp ledborg-cpu-monitor.sh /etc/init.d
   

4. Make sure the script is executable
   

   sudo chmod +x /etc/init.d/ledborg-cpu-monitor.sh
   

5. Auto start at boot
   

   sudo update-rc.d ledborg-cpu-monitor.sh defaults
   

Usage

To start: `sudo /etc/init.d/ledborg-cpu-monitor.sh start`
To stop: `sudo /etc/init.d/ledborg-cpu-monitor.sh stop`

Author

Bojan Vidanovic - Web Application Developer, in free time like to play with Raspberry Pi :) Follow me on:
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