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// fan_test.pde
//
// This is a test program to see if we can read the RPM speed of a PC fan.
// To set up, the fan should have an independent 12V poer supply, and the
// fan's SENSE techiometer pin should be connnected to the Arduino's pin 2.
// The RPM is sent back via serial (over USB).

void setup()
{
  // set up interupt 0 (which is pin 2) and turn on the pull-up resistor as we
  // would if the pin had been set to be an input. This is so that when the
  // switch on the pin is open, it is not a floatin signal and has 5V across it
  // (albeit through a high-resitance resistor to heavily constricy the
  // current).
  attachInterrupt( 0, rpmCounter, RISING );
  digitalWrite( 2, HIGH );
  
  // init serial comms
  Serial.begin( 9600 );
}

static unsigned long fan_rotations = 0;

void rpmCounter()
{
  fan_rotations++;
}

void loop()
{
  // get milliseconds
  unsigned long start_millis = millis();
    
  // display fan speed. We divide by 2 because the fan's "sense" pin actually
  // pulses twice per revolution. We multiply by 60 because fan_rotations will
  // have counted the number of rotations in a second and we want RPM.
//  Serial.println( fan_rotations );
  Serial.print( "RPM: " );
  Serial.println( fan_rotations / 2 * 60 );
  fan_rotations = 0;
    
  // wait until the remainer of a second has elapsed
  delay( start_millis + 1000 - millis() );
}