splynncryth
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My goal is to add some air temperature sensors to my HWinfo readouts. I figure I can't be the first person to want to do this so I wanted to see if there is an existing solution, is this the case?
Any way to use Arduino based temperature sensors?
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HWiNFO doesn't have dedicated support of such sensors, but using some basic programming or scripting skills you can create a custom user sensor in HWiNFO: https://www.hwinfo.com/forum/threads/custom-user-sensors-in-hwinfo.5817/
splynncryth
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I was afraid I was doing something original 
I'll look into the registry-based system first since I think it shouldn't be too bad to make a program to read data from a COM port and push data to the registry.
Long term, it sounds like it would be a good idea to investigate the SDK to see about developing a plugin and protocol for getting data from a COM port. Is the 3rd party extensions forum the right place to discuss development or is there a better preferred forum?
I'll look into the registry-based system first since I think it shouldn't be too bad to make a program to read data from a COM port and push data to the registry.Long term, it sounds like it would be a good idea to investigate the SDK to see about developing a plugin and protocol for getting data from a COM port. Is the 3rd party extensions forum the right place to discuss development or is there a better preferred forum?
splynncryth
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Sorry for letting this sit. Between other stuff going on and taking a step back to rethink this I let this idea sit.
I would like to at least consider the shared memory approach. Is this something that would require the HWiNFO SDK and some sort of licensing agreement? If that's the case, would it be better to take this conversation to email to see if there are terms favorable for developing this on a hobbyist budget and what type of software licenses are suitable for this type of code?
I would like to at least consider the shared memory approach. Is this something that would require the HWiNFO SDK and some sort of licensing agreement? If that's the case, would it be better to take this conversation to email to see if there are terms favorable for developing this on a hobbyist budget and what type of software licenses are suitable for this type of code?
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The shared memory is described here: https://www.hwinfo.com/forum/forums/shared-memory-interface.13/
But it's limited to 12-hours run time, if you want to use it for longer periods you'll need the Pro license.
But it's limited to 12-hours run time, if you want to use it for longer periods you'll need the Pro license.
splynncryth
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Your prices are reasonable for the pro version and I've made use of the software enough that purchasing a license is the right thing to do. Thanks Martin!