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Why do you need to transmit to your OS though ?
by reportgunner 2y ago
Why do you need to transmit to your OS though ?
- Weryj 2y agoWell imagine your PSU has all the metrics, now what? You need to get them somewhere for software to use.
- reportgunner 2y agoUse on what, that's exactly what I was asking about in my original and subsequent question.
- SketchySeaBeast 2y agoPresumably for ease of reference and integration. If you don't need your OS to see it, why not just plug your PSU into a watt meter?
- shermantanktop 2y agoUse hardware to measure hardware…makes sense.
- wongarsu 2y agoEspecially in the current IoT boom where you can get "smart plugs" with built-in power meters for $5-$10 a piece. If you get the zigbee version you get easy-ish API access without sending the data off into the cloud. But even the Wifi cloud-enabled versions usually have a semblance of an API. I use lots of them throughout the house without any intention of ever using them to actually toggle power.
- reportgunner 2y agoYes I 100% agree and that's why I dont understand why using a software CPU Energy meter makes sense.
- SketchySeaBeast 2y agoWell, that's the joy of this simplified scenario, but if you go back to the original objective, measuring the CPU's draw, you can't easily do that with a Watt meter.