Monitor the CPU Temperature with sched module and linux command sensors from lm_sensors software

x_times_per_second.py

import sched, time
from time import strftime, localtime
import sys
from subprocess import check_output
import re

scheduler = sched.scheduler(time.time, time.sleep)

def sched_call(calls_per_second, callback, *args, **kw):
    period = 1.0 / calls_per_second
    def reload():
        callback(*args, **kw)
        scheduler.enter(period, 0, reload, ())
    scheduler.enter(period, 0, reload, ())



def sensors():
        result = check_output(["sensors"])
        for line in result.split("\n"):
                match =  re.search("CPU Temperature.*\+(.*)°C.*high",line)
                if match:
                        date = strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S", localtime())
                        with open("cpu_temperature","a") as FD:
                                FD.write(date+" "+match.group(1)+"\n")



sched_call(2, sensors)  # call sensors two times per second
scheduler.run()
sys.exit()