Average last 3 measurements before scaling workload

index.js

@@ -3,28 +3,37 @@ const mri = require("mri");
 const sll = require("single-line-log").stdout;
 const kleur = require("kleur");
 const fork = require("child_process").fork;
+const sleep = require("sleep");
 
 async function readTemp() {
     const temp = await si.cpuTemperature();
     return { main: temp.main, cores: temp.cores };
 }
 
+function avg(arr) {
+    return arr.reduce((sum, t) => t.main + sum, 0) / arr.length;
+}
+
 async function thawMyCarrots(targetTemp) {
     let temp = await readTemp(),
+        temps = [temp, temp, temp],
         children = [];
 
     while (1) {
-        if (temp.main < targetTemp) {
+        if (avg(temps) < targetTemp) {
             if (children.length < 10) {
                 children.push(fork("./eat-cpu"));
             }
-        } else if (temp.main > targetTemp) {
+        } else if (avg(temps) > targetTemp) {
             if (children.length > 0) {
                 children.pop().kill();
             }
         }
 
         temp = await readTemp();
+        temps.shift();
+        temps.push(temp);
+
         sll(
             "Current temp",
             kleur.bold.red(temp.main.toFixed(2)),
@@ -32,6 +41,7 @@ async function thawMyCarrots(targetTemp) {
             kleur.bold.gray(temp.cores),
             `\nChildren: ${children.length}`
         );
+        sleep.msleep(500);
     }
 }
 

package-lock.json

@@ -32,6 +32,11 @@
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         },
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+        },
         "number-is-nan": {
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             "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/number-is-nan/-/number-is-nan-1.0.1.tgz",
@@ -55,6 +60,14 @@
                 "string-width": "^1.0.1"
             }
         },
+        "sleep": {
+            "version": "5.2.3",
+            "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/sleep/-/sleep-5.2.3.tgz",
+            "integrity": "sha512-vC05N1XqgIiPIj6tEq7wt0R32aTycJv4Ymo/jwSEp2PkeU1GCJ1tkl+RdYZEo7Gjebq8QQuhFuEe7vsyVGlFRA==",
+            "requires": {
+                "nan": ">=2.5.1"
+            }
+        },
         "string-width": {
             "version": "1.0.2",
             "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/string-width/-/string-width-1.0.2.tgz",

package.json

@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
         "osx-temperature-sensor": "^1.0.3",
         "prime-number": "^0.2.2",
         "single-line-log": "^1.1.2",
+        "sleep": "^5.2.3",
         "systeminformation": "^3.45.7"
     },
     "bin": {