I need to read and display temperature from a G_1396 Thermistor
TE manufactures a wide portfolio of sensors such as position, pressure, temperature, and more suitable across medical, automotive, and industrial applications.
I'm not sure where to start, the temperature range is non-linear so not sure how to calculate the temp based on the voltage dropped across it.
Any help would be greatly appreciated. THANKS!!!
There is a formula for characterizing a thermistor. You use the voltage across the thermistor to calculate the resistance and the formulas to calculate the temperature from the resistance.
http://www.daycounter.com/Calculators/Steinhart-Hart-Thermistor-Calculator.phtml
Jassper
November 6, 2012, 12:40pm
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Thanks! that helped.
Your post led me to this,
http://www.arduino.cc/playground/ComponentLib/Thermistor2
http://www.arduino.cc/playground/ComponentLib/Thermistor4
Think I have enough now to at least set something on fire. ]
Thanks again!
EDIT
And here is a good tutorial