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Behind the Scenes: Building A Fan Testing Device (Patreon)

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2018-05-13 03:28:48

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2026-06

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We worked with industry engineers to build our own fan testing devices. The newest one is a hand-soldered circuit that allows us to manually control fan speeds; we didn't like the accuracy of fan controllers on the market, and so engineered our own that can be custom tuned for anything we're testing, and also pipes through an oscilloscope for accurate readouts and reporting to software. This then hooks up to a wind tunnel and an anemometer for CFM metrics, which are calculated via a spreadsheet (because the wind tunnel has a known volume).

We're really getting moving on this stuff now! This was our big holdup.

Thanks for your patience and support.

- Steve

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Patreon Behind the Scenes: GN Builds a Fan Controller

We built our own fan testing equipment for future fan reviews. This will allow us to control PWM and fan speed via a laptop. This eliminates the need for another completely separate test bench and gives us a ton more accuracy and repeatability for our fan reviews and testing. This video went out to Patreon backers first, but we may decide to share it with the public. If so, support us on Patreon for future behind-the-scenes videos! https://www.patreon.com/gamersnexus Support our crazy efforts by buying something from our store! https://store.gamersnexus.net/ Like our content? Please consider becoming our Patron to support us: http://www.patreon.com/gamersnexus ** Please like, comment, and subscribe for more! ** Follow us in these locations for more gaming and hardware updates: t: http://www.twitter.com/gamersnexus f: http://www.facebook.com/gamersnexus w: http://www.gamersnexus.net/ Host: Steve Burke Video: Andrew Coleman