Whether you are a gamer, an IT professional, or simply someone who relies on your computer for daily tasks, monitoring your PC’s status can help you identify potential issues and ensure optimal performance. With the help of a Raspberry Pi (a tiny single-board computer) and MoBro (a versatile PC monitoring software), you’re able to build one of the most efficient and affordable devices to monitor your PC stats.
We’ll show you how to set up and customize your own Raspberry Pi computer status monitor that can be installed inside the PC (behind the acrylic or glass panel) or in another room or location in your home or office.
Why Build a DIY PC Status Monitor Using a Raspberry Pi?
There are several benefits of making a DIY PC status monitoring device using a Raspberry Pi.
Things You Will Need
You will require the following items to build and use Raspberry Pi as a PC status monitor.
Using these components, you may alsobuild a touchscreen control panel for your 3D printeror aportable retro gaming console.
Install MoBro on a Windows PC or Laptop
Before installing the OS on Raspberry Pi, we need to first install and set up MoBro on our PC to transform Raspberry Pi into a PC status monitor. The steps are as follows:
Install MoBro on Raspberry Pi
After downloading the MoBro OS image for Raspberry Pi, extract it using 7zip and then follow these steps to flash the OS to a microSD card.
Set Up MoBro on Raspberry Pi
After inserting the microSD card into Raspberry Pi, connect the power supply and turn it on to boot up. If you have a network cable, you may connect it. It’s recommended to use Wi-Fi for a cable-free experience.
The Raspberry Pi will reboot and automatically connect to your wireless (Wi-Fi) network. It will then look for a PC running MoBro. Since we have already installed MoBro on the PC, and it’s running, the Raspberry Pi will discover it and then fetch the system stats to display them on the screen.
Customize MoBro PC Monitoring Stats Screen
Go back to your PC and click on theConnected Devicestab in the MoBro dashboard. Then follow these steps to customize the dashboard display with different sensor data.
By default, you can choose the sensor withopenhardwaremonitorandlibreghardwaremonitor. These provide a limited range of sensor values. To display more sensor values, installHWinfoorAIDA64, which works with MoBro.
you may also add styling and further customize the sensors to receive alerts. This includes:
Raspberry Pi System Monitor for PC
By transforming your Raspberry Pi into a system monitor for a Windows PC, you may create a customized and cost-effective PC monitoring device that works wirelessly. Use it to keep an eye on critical processes or network activity and maintain optimal performance while preventing potential issues.
Another good use for a Raspberry Pi is as a KVM switch to give you remote access to all the computers on your network.
