Changes between Version 6 and Version 7 of UsefulLinks

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10/08/07 22:19:53 (6 years ago)

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juergh

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 == Hardware monitoring chips ==
- * [http://www.analog.com/ Analog Devices] (ADM1021A, ADM1022, ADM1023, ADM1024, ADM1025, ADM1025A, ADM1026, ADM1027, ADM1028, ADM1029, ADM1030, ADM1031, ADM1032, ADM9240) [[BR]] Datasheets available for download.
+ * [http://www.analog.com/ Analog Devices] ([http://www.analog.com/en/prod/0,2877,ADM1021A,00.html ADM1021A], [http://www.analog.com/en/prod/0,2877,ADM1022,00.html ADM1022], [http://www.analog.com/en/prod/0,2877,ADM1023,00.html ADM1023], [http://www.analog.com/en/prod/0,2877,ADM1024,00.html ADM1024], [http://www.analog.com/en/prod/0,2877,ADM1025,00.html ADM1025], [http://www.analog.com/en/prod/0,2877,ADM1025A,00.html ADM1025A], [http://www.analog.com/en/prod/0,2877,ADM1026,00.html ADM1026], [http://www.analog.com/en/prod/0,2877,ADM1027,00.html ADM1027], [http://www.analog.com/en/prod/0,2877,ADM1028,00.html ADM1028], [http://www.analog.com/en/prod/0,2877,ADM1029,00.html ADM1029], [http://www.analog.com/en/prod/0,2877,ADM1030,00.html ADM1030], [http://www.analog.com/en/prod/0,2877,ADM1031,00.html ADM1031], [http://www.analog.com/en/prod/0,2877,ADM1032,00.html ADM1032], [http://www.analog.com/en/prod/0,2877,ADM9240,00.html ADM9240]) [[BR]] Datasheets available for download.
  * [http://www.genesyslogic.com/ Genesys Logic] (GL518, GL520, GL523) [[BR]] No datasheet available.
  * [http://www.hp.com/ Hewlett Packard] (Maxilife) [[BR]] Datasheets only under NDA.
- * [http://www.maxim-ic.com/ Maxim IC] (includes Dallas Semiconductor) (DS75, DS1621, DS1625, DS1775, DS1780, MAX1617, MAX1617A) [[BR]] Datasheets available for download.
+ * [http://www.maxim-ic.com/ Maxim IC] (includes Dallas Semiconductor) ([http://www.maxim-ic.com/quick_view2.cfm/qv_pk/2952 DS75], [http://www.maxim-ic.com/quick_view2.cfm/qv_pk/2737 DS1621], DS1625, [http://www.maxim-ic.com/quick_view2.cfm/qv_pk/2774 DS1775], [http://www.maxim-ic.com/quick_view2.cfm/qv_pk/2775 DS1780], [http://www.maxim-ic.com/quick_view2.cfm/qv_pk/1855 MAX1617], [http://www.maxim-ic.com/quick_view2.cfm/qv_pk/1964 MAX1617A]) [[BR]] Datasheets available for [http://www.maxim-ic.com/Sensors.cfm download].
  * [http://www.myson.com.tw/ Myson] (MTP008) [[BR]] No datasheet available.
- * [http://www.national.com/ National Semiconductor] (LM75, LM77, LM78, LM78J, LM79, LM80, LM84, LM87, LM92) [[BR]] Datasheets available for download.
+ * [http://www.national.com/ National Semiconductor] ([http://www.national.com/pf/LM/LM75.html LM75], [http://www.national.com/pf/LM/LM77.html LM77], [http://www.national.com/pf/LM/LM78.html LM78], LM78J, [http://www.national.com/pf/LM/LM79.html LM79], [http://www.national.com/pf/LM/LM80.html LM80], [http://www.national.com/pf/LM/LM84.html LM84], [http://www.national.com/pf/LM/LM87.html LM87], [http://www.national.com/pf/LM/LM92.html LM92]) [[BR]] Datasheets available for [http://www.national.com/products/catalog.do download].
  * [http://www.sis.com/ Silicon Integrated Systems] (SIS5595, SIS950) [[BR]] No datasheet available.
- * [http://www.ti.com/ Texas Instruments] (THMC10, THMC50) [[BR]] Datasheets available for download.
- * [http://www.via.com.tw/ VIA] (VT82C686A, VT82C686B, VT8231, VT1211) [[BR]] VIA bridges and chips which include integrated sensors. [[BR]] Datasheets available on request.
- * [http://www.winbond.com/ Winbond] (W83781D, W83782D, W83783S, W83791D, W83792D, W83L785TS-S, W83627HF, W83627THF, W83637HF, W83687THF, W83697HF) [[BR]] Datasheets available for hardware monitoring and super-I/O chips.
+ * [http://www.ti.com/ Texas Instruments] ([http://focus.ti.com/docs/prod/folders/print/thmc10.html THMC10], [http://focus.ti.com/docs/prod/folders/print/thmc50.html THMC50]) [[BR]] Datasheets available for download.
+ * [http://www.via.com.tw/ VIA] (VT82C686A, VT82C686B, VT8231, VT1211) [[BR]] VIA bridges and chips which include integrated sensors. [[BR]] Datasheets available on [http://www.via.com.tw/en/support/#documents request].
+ * [http://www.winbond.com/ Winbond] (W83781D, W83782D, W83783S, W83791D, W83792D, W83L785TS-S, W83627HF, W83627THF, W83637HF, W83687THF, W83697HF) [[BR]] Datasheets available [http://www.winbond.com/hq/enu/ProductAndSales/ProductLines/ComputerLogicIC/ here].
 
 == Other protocol information ==
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 == Installation guides ==
  * [http://khali.linux-fr.org/devel/i2c/ Jean Delvare's] [[BR]] Focuses on the new i2c interface issues.
- * Chris Peters' [[BR]] More simple, probably better for beginners.
 
 == Motherboard configuration files ==
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 == Hardware monitoring applications using the lm_sensors package ==
- * [http://www.lm-sensors.org/ LM Sensors] [[BR]] First see the prog directory in the lm_sensors package for sample applications. In particular, see Tellerstats, a web-based hardware monitor created by Phil Edelbrock, one of our main project contributors.
- * [http://freshmeat.net/ Freshmeat] [[BR]] A search for "lm_sensors" brings up a good starter list.
+ * [http://www.lm-sensors.org/ LM Sensors] [[BR]] First see the [http://www.lm-sensors.org/browser/lm-sensors/trunk/prog prog directory] in the lm_sensors package for sample applications. In particular, see [http://stimpy.netroedge.com/tellerstats/ Tellerstats], a web-based hardware monitor created by Phil Edelbrock, one of our main project contributors.
+ * [http://freshmeat.net/ Freshmeat] [[BR]] A [http://freshmeat.net/search/?q=lm_sensors search for "lm_sensors"] brings up a good starter list.
  * [http://sensors-applet.sourceforge.net/ GNOME Sensors Applet] [[BR]] An applet for the GNOME panel to monitor lm_sensors outputs.
- * ASFATM (Afterstep fan and temperature monitor) [[BR]] A wharf/dock app that is capable of displaying system/CPU temperatures and up to three fan rotation speeds depending on the hardware being used. The development has stopped, but you still can download the sources from Planet Mirror or LIP6.
- * ASFTAVM (Afterstep fan, temperature and voltage monitor) [[BR]] An enhancement of ASFATM.
+ * ASFATM (Afterstep fan and temperature monitor) [[BR]] A wharf/dock app that is capable of displaying system/CPU temperatures and up to three fan rotation speeds depending on the hardware being used. The development has stopped, but you still can download the sources from [http://public.planetmirror.com/pub/afterstep/apps/asfatm/ Planet Mirror] or [http://www-ftp.lip6.fr/pub/X11/afterstep/apps/asfatm/ LIP6].
+ * [http://freshmeat.net/projects/asftavm/ ASFTAVM] (Afterstep fan, temperature and voltage monitor) [[BR]] An enhancement of ASFATM.
  * [http://www.warmcat.com/milksop/cheapi2c.html CheapI2C] [[BR]] A real-time linux I2C bus protocol capture tool using the parallel port.
- * Dogsled [[BR]] A tool to manage and monitor Linux clusters.
  * [http://www.gkrellm.net/ GKrellM] [[BR]] GKrellM is a single process stack of system monitors which supports applying themes to match its appearance to your window manager, Gtk, or any other theme. Very popular.
  * [http://ksim.sourceforge.net/ KSim] [[BR]] KSim is a GKrellM equivalent for KDE. Supports GKrellM skins.
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  * [http://voyager2.htmlplanet.com/sensors_srvr.html Sensors Server] [[BR]] Nice client/server application with a html-embedded Java applet.
  * [http://denis.corbin.free.fr/software.html Sentinelle] [[BR]] A daemon which warns you when your sensor readings reach critical values.
- * WMSensors [[BR]] A Windowmaker dockapp. By Adrian Baugh, maintained by the Debian team.
+ * [http://packages.debian.org/etch/wmsensors WMSensors] [[BR]] A Windowmaker dockapp. By Adrian Baugh, maintained by the Debian team.
  * [http://www.linuxgod.net/~jd/ WMSens Dockapp] [[BR]] A Windowmaker dockapp that works only with the Winbond 83697HF chipset. By Jonathan D. Meadows.
  * [http://www.fluxcode.net/ WMgtemp] [[BR]] A Windowmaker dockapp that displays the CPU and system temperatures. By Roger Dunce.
- * WMtemp [[BR]] Another Windowmaker dockapp that displays the CPU and system temperatures. By Peter Gnodde. Inspired from WMgtemp.
- * Varyfan [[BR]] A C program to vary the fan speeds for the CPU and case fans according to the temperature of the CPU and motherboard. By Ian Nicholls, more or less abandoned.
+ * [http://gnodde.org/wmtemp/ WMtemp] [[BR]] Another Windowmaker dockapp that displays the CPU and system temperatures. By Peter Gnodde. Inspired from WMgtemp.
  * [http://www.linuxhardware.org/xsensors/ xsensors] [[BR]] A X11 version of sensors. Requires GTK+ 2.0. Nice, although many chips are not supported yet.
  * Floyd Davidson has nice [http://web.newsguy.com/floyd_davidson/sensors/ monitoring data graphics] generated using [http://web.newsguy.com/floyd_davidson/code/sensors/ modified tellerstats scripts].
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 == Other hardware monitoring implementations (not using LM Sensors) ==
+ * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motherboard_Monitor Motherboard Monitor] [[BR]] A very comprehensive package for Windows, unfortunately discontinued. Supports many many devices. Also has a great database of motherboards. We wish to thank the author, Alex van Kaam, for the great cooperation we had.
  * [http://www.lysator.liu.se/~alla/files/lm78_stuff/ Alexander Larsson's LM78 module] [[BR]] The original module LM Sensors is based upon.
- * Beowulf project LM78 module [[BR]] By Erik Hendriks. Old, probably unmaintained.
  * [http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net/ smartmontools] [[BR]] The smartmontools package contains two utility programs (smartctl and smartd) to control and monitor storage systems using the Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology System (SMART) built into most modern ATA and SCSI hard disks.
  * [http://www.guzu.net/linux/hddtemp.php hddtemp] [[BR]] Get the hard drive temperatures using the Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology System (SMART) built into most modern ATA and SCSI hard disks. Much simpler than smartmontools.
  * [http://www.ganzfix.de/ TXWD] [[BR]] Another LM78/LM75 module, by Chris Benndorf.
- * Beta SMBus access through the BIOS interface [[BR]] Old, obviously abandoned.
 
 == Other useful tools ==
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 == White papers, documents, articles and other things ==
  * [http://www.sbs-forum.org/marcom/winter01/Designing%20with%20SMBus%202.pdf Designing with SMBus 2.0] [[BR]] A great introduction to SMBus 2.0 and the differences with version 1.x.
- * Alert standard format (ASF) specification [[BR]] A standard for system management messages using the SMBus and passing this information to remote management devices. By the DMTF.
+ * [http://www.dmtf.org/standards/asf/ Alert standard format (ASF) specification] [[BR]] A standard for system management messages using the SMBus and passing this information to remote management devices. By the DMTF.
  * [http://www.tip.net.au/~millerp/rmch/recu-make-cons-harm.html Recursive make considered harmful] [[BR]] A paper on which the version 2 Makefile is based.
  * [http://www.thermometrics.com/assets/images/ntcnotes.pdf NTC thermistors] [[BR]] A comprehensive description of the physics and mathematics of NTC thermistors.
- * Standard manufacturer's identification code [[BR]] The official list of Manufacturer IDs for EEPROMs.
+ * [http://ceprei.com/Data/download/Document/1088.pdf Standard manufacturer's identification code] [[BR]] The official list of Manufacturer IDs for EEPROMs.
  * [http://www.temperatures.com/ About temperature sensors] [[BR]] A web guide to devices that measure temperature. General information.
  * [http://www.analog.com/library/analogDialogue/archives/33-04/temperatures/index.html Measuring temperatures on computer chips with speed and accuracy] [[BR]] The advantages of thermal diodes over traditional thermistors.
- * Linux hardware stability guide [[BR]] A nice article about using LM Sensors for diagnosing hardware problems.
- * Linux hardware monitoring INcompatibility guide [[BR]] A list of chips that don't work well under Linux.
+ * [http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-hw1 Linux hardware stability guide part 1] [[BR]] A nice article about using LM Sensors for diagnosing hardware problems. Also worth checking out is [http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-hw2.html part 2].
+ * [http://leenooks.com/page/show/Hardware%20Monitoring Linux hardware monitoring Incompatibility guide] [[BR]] A list of chips that don't work well under Linux.
  * [http://www.analog.com/library/analogDialogue/archives/38-02/fan_speed.html Why and how to control fan speed for cooling electronic equipment] [[BR]] A comprehensive article by Mary Burke comparing fan speed control methods