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1. The temperature sensor for the SoC is on the same silicon. Your reading the same sensor for CPU when you say access to GPU. Propagation(delay) is what you are seeing when accessing the temperature for the CPU when you are assigning for the GPU temperature. Same sensor, CPU temperature access is correct but your GPU does not have a sensor independently. Just a CPU temperature can be truly accessed. Leave out the GPU temp and you will be correct. Same metric for temperatures.

   1. You are right, no need for measuring CPU and GPU separately for SoC.

2. best way to see thermal temps and arm_freq via terminal command:
   while true; do vcgencmd measure_clock arm; vcgencmd measure_temp; sleep 1; done

   To check it under 100% CPU load:
   sudo apt-get install sysbench
   while true; do vcgencmd measure_clock arm; vcgencmd measure_temp; sleep 1; done& sysbench –num-threads=8 –test=cpu –cpu-max-prime=10000000000 run

   For optimizing, benching, and overclocking, see:
   https://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=29&t=138840

3. to see all cores and load % (hit ‘1’), enter in terminal:
   top

4. In one line:

   echo -e "CPU => $(echo "scale=1; $(cat /sys/class/thermal/thermal_zone0/temp)/1000" | bc)'C\nGPU => $(/opt/vc/bin/vcgencmd measure_temp | sed "s/^.....//g")"

5. Thank you, great post!

   Just a simple addition to your ‘my-pi-temp.sh’ script:

   echo "GPU => $(/opt/vc/bin/vcgencmd measure_temp | cut -d = -f2)"

   Makes the output a little cleaner ;-)

6. Below is the script I use for displaying RPi temperature and frequencies. It’s a hack, but usable.

   #!/usr/bin/ksh # Required for floating point arithmetic. (Use bc to accommodate bash) # sensors.sh # A script to display Raspberry Pi on-board sensor data # # LGD: Mon Dec 23 04:07:23 PST 2013 # LGD: Mon Aug 10 14:02:46 PDT 2015: Added degree symbols, over-temperature based on degrees C so it will work without bc #   f2c(){ # Fahrenheit to Celsius echo $(( ((${1}-32)*5)/9 )) }   c2f(){ # Celsius to Fahrenheit echo $(( ${1}*9/5+32 )) }   addcomma(){ # Format numbers with commas (echo "obase=1000"; cat) | bc | sed 's/^ *0*([0-9])/1/;s/ /,/g' }   # Display current clock frequencies FREQ (){ echo -e "nttt`tput smso` C L O C K F R E Q U E N C I E S `tput rmso`n" for src in arm core h264 isp v3d uart pwm emmc pixel vec hdmi dpi ;do echo -e "t$srct$(vcgencmd measure_clock $src) Hz" done| pr --indent=5 -r -t -2 -e3 echo }     TEMPC=$(/opt/vc/bin/vcgencmd measure_temp|awk -F "=" '{print $2}') # Get Temp C TEMPf=$(echo -e "$TEMPC" | awk -F "'" '{print $1}' 2>/dev/null) # Get numeric-only Temp C   TEMPF=$(c2f $TEMPf) # Convert CPU temp C to F OVRTMP=70 # High-temp limit degrees C ALRM=""   [[ `echo $TEMPC|cut -d. -f1` -gt ${OVRTMP:-70} ]] && ALRM="nttt TOO HOT! t TOO HOT! t TOO HOT! " # Check for over-temp: Max = 70C or 158F TEMPB4OVER=$(echo "${OVRTMP:-70}-${TEMPf}"|bc -l) # Calculate the number of degrees before over-temp condition   echo -e "nttt`tput smso` S Y S T E M T E M P E R A T U R E `tput rmso` `[[ -n $ALRM ]] || COLOR=green; setterm -foreground ${COLOR:-red}`${ALRM:-OK}"; setterm -foreground white   echo -e "ntThe BCM2835 SoC (CPU/GPU) temperature is: ${TEMPF}° Ft(${TEMPf}° C) `tput smso;setterm -foreground red`$ALRM`setterm -foreground white;tput rmso`" # ksh & bash   echo -e "tt(${OVRTMP:-70}° C HIGH-TEMP LIMIT will be reached in `tput smso`${TEMPB4OVER}° C`tput rmso` higher)n"   echo -e "nttt`tput smso` S Y S T E M V O L T A G E S `tput rmso`" echo -e "ntThe Core voltage is:ttc" /opt/vc/bin/vcgencmd measure_volts core|awk -F "=" '{print $2}'   echo -e "tThe sdram Core voltage is:tc" /opt/vc/bin/vcgencmd measure_volts sdram_c|awk -F "=" '{print $2}'   echo -e "tThe sdram I/O voltage is:tc" /opt/vc/bin/vcgencmd measure_volts sdram_i|awk -F "=" '{print $2}'   echo -e "tThe sdram PHY voltage is:tc" /opt/vc/bin/vcgencmd measure_volts sdram_p|awk -F "=" '{print $2 "n"}'   FREQ exit

   #!/usr/bin/ksh # Required for floating point arithmetic. (Use bc to accommodate bash) # sensors.sh # A script to display Raspberry Pi on-board sensor data # # LGD: Mon Dec 23 04:07:23 PST 2013 # LGD: Mon Aug 10 14:02:46 PDT 2015: Added degree symbols, over-temperature based on degrees C so it will work without bc # f2c(){ # Fahrenheit to Celsius echo $(( ((${1}-32)*5)/9 )) } c2f(){ # Celsius to Fahrenheit echo $(( ${1}*9/5+32 )) } addcomma(){ # Format numbers with commas (echo "obase=1000"; cat) | bc | sed 's/^ *0*([0-9])/1/;s/ /,/g' } # Display current clock frequencies FREQ (){ echo -e "nttt`tput smso` C L O C K F R E Q U E N C I E S `tput rmso`n" for src in arm core h264 isp v3d uart pwm emmc pixel vec hdmi dpi ;do echo -e "t$srct$(vcgencmd measure_clock $src) Hz" done| pr --indent=5 -r -t -2 -e3 echo } TEMPC=$(/opt/vc/bin/vcgencmd measure_temp|awk -F "=" '{print $2}') # Get Temp C TEMPf=$(echo -e "$TEMPC" | awk -F "'" '{print $1}' 2>/dev/null) # Get numeric-only Temp C TEMPF=$(c2f $TEMPf) # Convert CPU temp C to F OVRTMP=70 # High-temp limit degrees C ALRM="" [[ `echo $TEMPC|cut -d. -f1` -gt ${OVRTMP:-70} ]] && ALRM="nttt TOO HOT! t TOO HOT! t TOO HOT! " # Check for over-temp: Max = 70C or 158F TEMPB4OVER=$(echo "${OVRTMP:-70}-${TEMPf}"|bc -l) # Calculate the number of degrees before over-temp condition echo -e "nttt`tput smso` S Y S T E M T E M P E R A T U R E `tput rmso` `[[ -n $ALRM ]] || COLOR=green; setterm -foreground ${COLOR:-red}`${ALRM:-OK}"; setterm -foreground white echo -e "ntThe BCM2835 SoC (CPU/GPU) temperature is: ${TEMPF}° Ft(${TEMPf}° C) `tput smso;setterm -foreground red`$ALRM`setterm -foreground white;tput rmso`" # ksh & bash echo -e "tt(${OVRTMP:-70}° C HIGH-TEMP LIMIT will be reached in `tput smso`${TEMPB4OVER}° C`tput rmso` higher)n" echo -e "nttt`tput smso` S Y S T E M V O L T A G E S `tput rmso`" echo -e "ntThe Core voltage is:ttc" /opt/vc/bin/vcgencmd measure_volts core|awk -F "=" '{print $2}' echo -e "tThe sdram Core voltage is:tc" /opt/vc/bin/vcgencmd measure_volts sdram_c|awk -F "=" '{print $2}' echo -e "tThe sdram I/O voltage is:tc" /opt/vc/bin/vcgencmd measure_volts sdram_i|awk -F "=" '{print $2}' echo -e "tThe sdram PHY voltage is:tc" /opt/vc/bin/vcgencmd measure_volts sdram_p|awk -F "=" '{print $2 "n"}' FREQ exit

7. Larry, very useful script! I hope you don’t mind a few changes that I made.

   # sensors.sh # ========== # # A script to display Raspberry Pi on-board sensor data # # Larry Dighera: Mon Dec 23 04:07:23 PST 2013 # Larry Dighera: Mon Aug 10 14:02:46 PDT 2015: Added degree symbols, over-temperature based on degrees C so it will work without bc # Richard Elkins: 2016-08-28: # * Checked for installation of `bc`. Proceed with installation if not present (which fails if no Internet connection). # * Miscellaneous readability # * Deleted f2c() and addcomma() because they are never used # * Deleted c2f() because it produces bash syntax errors and Farenheit is not useful in this context # * Deleted first line "#!/usr/bin/ksh". Diagnosing the Bourne shell instead. # * Deleted the  characters which seem to be spurious (?)   # --- FREQ: Display current clock frequencies FREQ () { echo -e "nttt`tput smso` C L O C K F R E Q U E N C I E S `tput rmso`n" for src in arm core h264 isp v3d uart pwm emmc pixel vec hdmi dpi ;do echo -e "t$srct$(vcgencmd measure_clock $src) Hz" done | pr --indent=5 -r -t -2 -e3 echo }   # --- Main Procedure   # Diagnose the Bourne shell which is not supported if [ `ps | tail -n 4 | sed -E '2,$d;s/.* (.*)/1/'` = "sh" ]; then echo echo "*** Oops, the Bourne shell is not supported" echo exit 86 fi   # Make sure that `bc` is installed flagbc=`which bc` if [ -z $flagbc ]; then echo Installing bc # {small} sudo apt-get -y install bc fi   # Do temperature calculations TEMPC=$(/opt/vc/bin/vcgencmd measure_temp|awk -F "=" '{print $2}') # Get Temp C TEMPf=$(echo -e "$TEMPC" | awk -F "'" '{print $1}' 2>/dev/null) # Get numeric-only Temp C OVRTMP=70 # High-temp limit degrees C ALRM="" [[ `echo $TEMPC|cut -d. -f1` -gt ${OVRTMP:-70} ]] && ALRM="nttt TOO HOT! t TOO HOT! t TOO HOT! " # Check for over-temp: Max = 70C or 158F TEMPB4OVER=$(echo "${OVRTMP:-70}-${TEMPf}"|bc -l) # Calculate the number of degrees before over-temp condition   # Display temperatures echo -e "nttt`tput smso` S Y S T E M T E M P E R A T U R E `tput rmso` `[[ -n $ALRM ]] || COLOR=green; setterm -foreground ${COLOR:-red}`${ALRM:-OK}"; setterm -foreground white echo -e "ntThe BCM2835 SoC (CPU/GPU) temperature is: ${TEMPf}°C `tput smso;setterm -foreground red`$ALRM`setterm -foreground white;tput rmso`" echo -e "t(${OVRTMP:-70}°C HIGH-TEMP LIMIT will be reached in `tput smso`${TEMPB4OVER}°C`tput rmso` higher)n"   # Display voltages echo -e "nttt`tput smso` S Y S T E M V O L T A G E S `tput rmso`" echo -e "ntThe Core voltage is:ttc" /opt/vc/bin/vcgencmd measure_volts core|awk -F "=" '{print $2}' echo -e "tThe sdram Core voltage is:tc" /opt/vc/bin/vcgencmd measure_volts sdram_c|awk -F "=" '{print $2}' echo -e "tThe sdram I/O voltage is:tc" /opt/vc/bin/vcgencmd measure_volts sdram_i|awk -F "=" '{print $2}' echo -e "tThe sdram PHY voltage is:tc" /opt/vc/bin/vcgencmd measure_volts sdram_p|awk -F "=" '{print $2 "n"}'   # Display frequencies FREQ exit

   # sensors.sh # ========== # # A script to display Raspberry Pi on-board sensor data # # Larry Dighera: Mon Dec 23 04:07:23 PST 2013 # Larry Dighera: Mon Aug 10 14:02:46 PDT 2015: Added degree symbols, over-temperature based on degrees C so it will work without bc # Richard Elkins: 2016-08-28: # * Checked for installation of `bc`. Proceed with installation if not present (which fails if no Internet connection). # * Miscellaneous readability # * Deleted f2c() and addcomma() because they are never used # * Deleted c2f() because it produces bash syntax errors and Farenheit is not useful in this context # * Deleted first line "#!/usr/bin/ksh". Diagnosing the Bourne shell instead. # * Deleted the  characters which seem to be spurious (?) # --- FREQ: Display current clock frequencies FREQ () { echo -e "nttt`tput smso` C L O C K F R E Q U E N C I E S `tput rmso`n" for src in arm core h264 isp v3d uart pwm emmc pixel vec hdmi dpi ;do echo -e "t$srct$(vcgencmd measure_clock $src) Hz" done | pr --indent=5 -r -t -2 -e3 echo } # --- Main Procedure # Diagnose the Bourne shell which is not supported if [ `ps | tail -n 4 | sed -E '2,$d;s/.* (.*)/1/'` = "sh" ]; then echo echo "*** Oops, the Bourne shell is not supported" echo exit 86 fi # Make sure that `bc` is installed flagbc=`which bc` if [ -z $flagbc ]; then echo Installing bc # {small} sudo apt-get -y install bc fi # Do temperature calculations TEMPC=$(/opt/vc/bin/vcgencmd measure_temp|awk -F "=" '{print $2}') # Get Temp C TEMPf=$(echo -e "$TEMPC" | awk -F "'" '{print $1}' 2>/dev/null) # Get numeric-only Temp C OVRTMP=70 # High-temp limit degrees C ALRM="" [[ `echo $TEMPC|cut -d. -f1` -gt ${OVRTMP:-70} ]] && ALRM="nttt TOO HOT! t TOO HOT! t TOO HOT! " # Check for over-temp: Max = 70C or 158F TEMPB4OVER=$(echo "${OVRTMP:-70}-${TEMPf}"|bc -l) # Calculate the number of degrees before over-temp condition # Display temperatures echo -e "nttt`tput smso` S Y S T E M T E M P E R A T U R E `tput rmso` `[[ -n $ALRM ]] || COLOR=green; setterm -foreground ${COLOR:-red}`${ALRM:-OK}"; setterm -foreground white echo -e "ntThe BCM2835 SoC (CPU/GPU) temperature is: ${TEMPf}°C `tput smso;setterm -foreground red`$ALRM`setterm -foreground white;tput rmso`" echo -e "t(${OVRTMP:-70}°C HIGH-TEMP LIMIT will be reached in `tput smso`${TEMPB4OVER}°C`tput rmso` higher)n" # Display voltages echo -e "nttt`tput smso` S Y S T E M V O L T A G E S `tput rmso`" echo -e "ntThe Core voltage is:ttc" /opt/vc/bin/vcgencmd measure_volts core|awk -F "=" '{print $2}' echo -e "tThe sdram Core voltage is:tc" /opt/vc/bin/vcgencmd measure_volts sdram_c|awk -F "=" '{print $2}' echo -e "tThe sdram I/O voltage is:tc" /opt/vc/bin/vcgencmd measure_volts sdram_i|awk -F "=" '{print $2}' echo -e "tThe sdram PHY voltage is:tc" /opt/vc/bin/vcgencmd measure_volts sdram_p|awk -F "=" '{print $2 "n"}' # Display frequencies FREQ exit

8. Somehow, I lost some spacing in the script even though my copy has them. Aargh!

   1. You need to wrap script between <pre> and </pre> . I edited out to add <pre> and </pre> in your comment. Cheers.

      1. Vivek – thanks (belated!).

9. Thanks mate, this is really helpful !
   enola

10. worked nicely.
    My question is: is there such a nice code to do it in python, too?

11. 
def get_temp():
with open('/sys/class/thermal/thermal_zone0/temp', 'r') as infile:
return float(infile.read()) * 1e-3


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