# Temperature in zynthian?

**URL:** <https://discourse.zynthian.org/t/temperature-in-zynthian/7805>\
**Category:** Hardware\
**Created:** [February 21, 2023, 9:59am UTC](https://discourse.zynthian.org/t/temperature-in-zynthian/7805 "2023-02-21T09:59:13Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![dawless](https://discourse.zynthian.org/user_avatar/discourse.zynthian.org/dawless/32/9036_2.png) [@dawless](https://discourse.zynthian.org/u/dawless)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2023, 9:59am UTC](https://discourse.zynthian.org/t/temperature-in-zynthian/7805/1 "2023-02-21T09:59:13Z")

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Hi,

I wanted to know if it is possible (except in the webconf) to see the temperature in the Zynthian. Does that already exist? Would that even be possible? Is that planned? Questions about questions 😀.

Greetings…

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**Author:** ![pau](https://discourse.zynthian.org/user_avatar/discourse.zynthian.org/pau/32/7869_2.png) [@pau](https://discourse.zynthian.org/u/pau)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2023, 10:08am UTC](https://discourse.zynthian.org/t/temperature-in-zynthian/7805/2 "2023-02-21T10:08:43Z")

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If it gets hot you will see a warning ⚠ sign 🙂

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**Author:** ![gilrain](https://discourse.zynthian.org/user_avatar/discourse.zynthian.org/gilrain/32/8856_2.png) [@gilrain](https://discourse.zynthian.org/u/gilrain)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2023, 10:18am UTC](https://discourse.zynthian.org/t/temperature-in-zynthian/7805/3 "2023-02-21T10:18:09Z")

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Access Zynthian via ssh and type:  
`vcgencmd measure_temp`

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**Author:** ![dawless](https://discourse.zynthian.org/user_avatar/discourse.zynthian.org/dawless/32/9036_2.png) [@dawless](https://discourse.zynthian.org/u/dawless)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2023, 10:30am UTC](https://discourse.zynthian.org/t/temperature-in-zynthian/7805/4 "2023-02-21T10:30:49Z")

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I may not have expressed myself correctly. I meant without a computer. Example: I sat in the park in the sun and want to make music. So without a computer. Only the Zynthian and I 😉

@gilrain @pau But I will remember the tips.

Best regards …

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**Author:** ![gilrain](https://discourse.zynthian.org/user_avatar/discourse.zynthian.org/gilrain/32/8856_2.png) [@gilrain](https://discourse.zynthian.org/u/gilrain)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2023, 10:38am UTC](https://discourse.zynthian.org/t/temperature-in-zynthian/7805/5 "2023-02-21T10:38:11Z")

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I use JuiceSSH app on my Android phone, it’s very useful. If you switch on the Zynthian’s wifi hotspot, it also works in the park 😉

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**Author:** ![tunagenes](https://discourse.zynthian.org/user_avatar/discourse.zynthian.org/tunagenes/32/7279_2.png) [@tunagenes](https://discourse.zynthian.org/u/tunagenes)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2023, 6:36pm UTC](https://discourse.zynthian.org/t/temperature-in-zynthian/7805/6 "2023-02-21T18:36:53Z")

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> [@dawless](#):
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> I wanted to know if it is possible (except in the webconf) to see the temperature in the Zynthian. Does that already exist? Would that even be possible? Is that planned? Questions about questions

I’m going to try to respond to all your questions, although there will be some guessing or ‘to the best of my knowledge’ which is based on using Zynthian(s) and looking at github.  
As [pau](https://discourse.zynthian.org/u/pau) pointed out you will get a warning symbol in the top line if it overheats.  
I do NOT think there is any way to see the actual temp from the Zynthian ‘native’ screen in the current version.  
I think it would certainly be ‘possible’, perhaps even not a big deal, although any change has a certain ‘overhead’.  
I think this is not a planned change, so it’s good that [gilrain](https://discourse.zynthian.org/u/gilrain) gave you a practical way to get the info.

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**Author:** ![tunagenes](https://discourse.zynthian.org/user_avatar/discourse.zynthian.org/tunagenes/32/7279_2.png) [@tunagenes](https://discourse.zynthian.org/u/tunagenes)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2023, 6:45pm UTC](https://discourse.zynthian.org/t/temperature-in-zynthian/7805/7 "2023-02-21T18:45:55Z")

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Oh yeah, I almost forgot - on a practical level - with the ‘Zynductor’ heat sink in the ‘official’ case I don’t think I’ve ever seen the warning, even in a warm (like 85 to 95F) environment. On my ‘DIY’ Zynthians, running the Zynthian image on a ‘regular’ RPi 4 it has happened, and of course it happens more in a warm place.