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Is your Raspberry Pi running hot?
Find out with a few simple steps.
It will likely be present if you are using Raspbian.
How Much is Too Much?
The Raspberry Pi foundation recommends to keep your Raspberry Pi below 85 degrees Celsius.
The environment/room temperature is off importance too.
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If your environment gets hotter (summer weather etc.)
expect your Raspberry Pi to go up in temperature also.
And it is good to keep in mind that the Raspberry Pi will generally throttle (i.e.
slow down) when the temperature reaches a certain point.
Unless you’re doing something non-default like overclocking, or changing controls.
There is also a lot to be said about which case you choose for your Raspberry Pi 4.
Various choices will lead to either much better or much worse cooling results.
Scripting Temperature and More
Thevcgencmdcommand is quite versatile.
you might read more about it on thevcgencmd manual page.
Note that your total memory may be larger than what shows available to ARM.
Wrapping up
Keeping your Raspberry Pi Cool is surely one important aspect of running your Pi well.
Enjoy the multitude of informationvcgencmdcan provide you with, and keep an eye on that temperature!
