Heatmap

CPU Temperature Heatmap

Dark theme heatmap showing CPU core temperatures

Output
CPU Temperature Heatmap
Python
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import numpy as np
from matplotlib.colors import LinearSegmentedColormap
from matplotlib.patches import FancyBboxPatch

fig, ax = plt.subplots(figsize=(14, 8), facecolor='#ffffff')
ax.set_facecolor('#ffffff')

np.random.seed(42)
cores = [f'Core {i}' for i in range(8)]
time_points = [f'{i*5}min' for i in range(12)]
temps = 40 + np.random.rand(len(cores), len(time_points)) * 45

colors = ['#1e293b', '#0369a1', '#38bdf8', '#fbbf24', '#f97316', '#ef4444']
cmap = LinearSegmentedColormap.from_list('thermal', colors, N=256)

cell_width = 0.88
cell_height = 0.82
for i in range(len(cores)):
    for j in range(len(time_points)):
        val = temps[i, j]
        color = cmap((val - 40) / 50)
        rect = FancyBboxPatch((j - cell_width/2, i - cell_height/2), 
                               cell_width, cell_height,
                               boxstyle="round,pad=0.02,rounding_size=0.12",
                               facecolor=color, edgecolor='#e2e8f0', linewidth=1.5)
        ax.add_patch(rect)
        ax.text(j, i, f'{val:.0f}°', ha='center', va='center', 
                color='#1e293b', fontsize=9, fontweight='bold')

ax.set_xlim(-0.5, len(time_points) - 0.5)
ax.set_ylim(-0.5, len(cores) - 0.5)
ax.set_aspect('equal')
ax.invert_yaxis()

ax.set_xticks(range(len(time_points)))
ax.set_yticks(range(len(cores)))
ax.set_xticklabels(time_points, rotation=45, ha='right', color='#64748b', fontsize=9, fontweight='500')
ax.set_yticklabels(cores, color='#1e293b', fontsize=10, fontweight='500')

sm = plt.cm.ScalarMappable(cmap=cmap, norm=plt.Normalize(vmin=40, vmax=90))
cbar = plt.colorbar(sm, ax=ax, shrink=0.8, aspect=30, pad=0.02)
cbar.set_label('Temperature (°C)', color='#1e293b', fontsize=11, fontweight='500')
cbar.ax.yaxis.set_tick_params(color='#64748b')
plt.setp(plt.getp(cbar.ax.axes, 'yticklabels'), color='#64748b')
cbar.outline.set_edgecolor('#e2e8f0')

for spine in ax.spines.values():
    spine.set_visible(False)

ax.set_title('CPU Core Temperature Monitor', fontsize=18, color='#1e293b', fontweight='bold', pad=20)
ax.tick_params(length=0)
plt.tight_layout()
plt.show()
Library

Matplotlib

Category

Heatmaps & Density

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