Ok, so I'm new to using arduino boards and electronics. I built the circuit from this page Arduino Playground - Thermistor
and it works well enough but when i try to run the program It gives me values that are off by about 600 even after the 'calculations'. they also appear to go down as the thermistor heats up.
The following is the code i'm using, i made a change adding a delay so i could actually read the numbers in the serial monitor, but I've tried running it without the delay and i still get values that are off by at least 600
#include <avr/pgmspace.h>
#define THERM_PIN 1 // 10ktherm & 10k resistor as divider.
int led_state;
unsigned long time;
// Big lookup Table (approx 750 entries), subtract 238 from ADC reading to start at 0*C. Entries in 10ths of degree i.e. 242 = 24.2*C Covers 0*C to 150*C For 10k resistor/10k thermistor voltage divider w/ therm on the + side.
const int temps[] PROGMEM = { 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 143, 143, 144, 145, 146, 147, 148, 149, 150, 151, 151, 152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 158, 159, 159, 160, 161, 162, 163, 164, 165, 166, 167, 167, 168, 169, 170, 171, 172, 173, 174, 175, 175, 176, 177, 178, 179, 180, 181, 182, 182, 183, 184, 185, 186, 187, 188, 189, 190, 190, 191, 192, 193, 194, 195, 196, 197, 197, 198, 199, 200, 201, 202, 203, 204, 205, 205, 206, 207, 208, 209, 210, 211, 212, 212, 213, 214, 215, 216, 217, 218, 219, 220, 220, 221, 222, 223, 224, 225, 226, 227, 228, 228, 229, 230, 231, 232, 233, 234, 235, 235, 236, 237, 238, 239, 240, 241, 242, 243, 243, 244, 245, 246, 247, 248, 249, 250, 251, 252, 252, 253, 254, 255, 256, 257, 258, 259, 260, 260, 261, 262, 263, 264, 265, 266, 267, 268, 269, 269, 270, 271, 272, 273, 274, 275, 276, 277, 278, 279, 279, 280, 281, 282, 283, 284, 285, 286, 287, 288, 289, 289, 290, 291, 292, 293, 294, 295, 296, 297, 298, 299, 300, 301, 301, 302, 303, 304, 305, 306, 307, 308, 309, 310, 311, 312, 313, 314, 315, 315, 316, 317, 318, 319, 320, 321, 322, 323, 324, 325, 326, 327, 328, 329, 330, 331, 332, 333, 334, 335, 335, 336, 337, 338, 339, 340, 341, 342, 343, 344, 345, 346, 347, 348, 349, 350, 351, 352, 353, 354, 355, 356, 357, 358, 359, 360, 361, 362, 363, 364, 365, 366, 367, 368, 369, 370, 371, 372, 373, 374, 375, 376, 377, 378, 379, 380, 381, 382, 383, 384, 385, 386, 387, 388, 389, 390, 392, 393, 394, 395, 396, 397, 398, 399, 400, 401, 402, 403, 404, 405, 406, 407, 408, 410, 411, 412, 413, 414, 415, 416, 417, 418, 419, 420, 422, 423, 424, 425, 426, 427, 428, 429, 430, 432, 433, 434, 435, 436, 437, 438, 439, 441, 442, 443, 444, 445, 446, 448, 449, 450, 451, 452, 453, 455, 456, 457, 458, 459, 460, 462, 463, 464, 465, 466, 468, 469, 470, 471, 472, 474, 475, 476, 477, 479, 480, 481, 482, 484, 485, 486, 487, 489, 490, 491, 492, 494, 495, 496, 498, 499, 500, 501, 503, 504, 505, 507, 508, 509, 511, 512, 513, 515, 516, 517, 519, 520, 521, 523, 524, 525, 527, 528, 530, 531, 532, 534, 535, 537, 538, 539, 541, 542, 544, 545, 547, 548, 550, 551, 552, 554, 555, 557, 558, 560, 561, 563, 564, 566, 567, 569, 570, 572, 574, 575, 577, 578, 580, 581, 583, 585, 586, 588, 589, 591, 593, 594, 596, 598, 599, 601, 603, 604, 606, 608, 609, 611, 613, 614, 616, 618, 620, 621, 623, 625, 627, 628, 630, 632, 634, 636, 638, 639, 641, 643, 645, 647, 649, 651, 653, 654, 656, 658, 660, 662, 664, 666, 668, 670, 672, 674, 676, 678, 680, 683, 685, 687, 689, 691, 693, 695, 697, 700, 702, 704, 706, 708, 711, 713, 715, 718, 720, 722, 725, 727, 729, 732, 734, 737, 739, 741, 744, 746, 749, 752, 754, 757, 759, 762, 764, 767, 770, 773, 775, 778, 781, 784, 786, 789, 792, 795, 798, 801, 804, 807, 810, 813, 816, 819, 822, 825, 829, 832, 835, 838, 842, 845, 848, 852, 855, 859, 862, 866, 869, 873, 877, 881, 884, 888, 892, 896, 900, 904, 908, 912, 916, 920, 925, 929, 933, 938, 942, 947, 952, 956, 961, 966, 971, 976, 981, 986, 991, 997, 1002, 1007, 1013, 1019, 1024, 1030, 1036, 1042, 1049, 1055, 1061, 1068, 1075, 1082, 1088, 1096, 1103, 1110, 1118, 1126, 1134, 1142, 1150, 1159, 1168, 1177, 1186, 1196, 1206, 1216, 1226, 1237, 1248, 1260, 1272, 1284, 1297, 1310, 1324, 1338, 1353, 1369, 1385, 1402, 1420, 1439, 1459, 1480, 1502 };
void setup() {
pinMode(13, OUTPUT);
Serial.begin(19200);
time=millis();
Serial.println("Ready");
}
void loop() {
int therm;
therm=analogRead(THERM_PIN);
Serial.println("Analog Read:");
Serial.println(therm, DEC);
int therm1;
therm1 = therm - 238;
therm=pgm_read_word(&temps[therm1]);
Serial.println("Conversion:");
Serial.println(therm, DEC);
delay(1000);
if (millis() - time >1000) {
time=millis();
digitalWrite(13,led_state);
led_state=!led_state;
}
}
Thanx in advance for any help!