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10/11/10 14:11
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#179044 - Sorry - doesn't work
Responding to: ???'s previous message
Too much errors at too many stages for that project.

First off you must separate precision from resolution. A therminstor has lousy precision. The tolerances are large. The drift is large.

Then you get the precision problems from noise, from ADC resolution, from ADC non-linearity, from ADC voltage reference precision, from inexact reference temperature during calibration, drift in voltage reference, ...

The nicest "cheap" temperature sensors you can use that gives reasonably good resolution and precision aren Dallas/Maxim one-wire sensors. You may have a 1/16C resolution and quite good precision.

A DS18S20 has 0.5C accuracy between -10C and +85C. -55 to +125C full working range.

Similar values for DS18B20 but you get up to 12 bits of resolution directly, without needs to do a bit of trickery.
For extended temperature range you get +/- 2C error. 0.2C drift.

You'll have a hard time to find anything that match the resolution and precision of the Dallas one-wire sensors at that cost.

List of 24 messages in thread
TopicAuthorDate
Measure temperature @0.1deg resolution using thermistor            01/01/70 00:00      
   Sorry - doesn't work            01/01/70 00:00      
      Thermistors aren't such bad...            01/01/70 00:00      
         Remember the original requirement of 0.1°C            01/01/70 00:00      
   Resolution is not there...            01/01/70 00:00      
      What about the Termistor            01/01/70 00:00      
      RE: Resolution is not there...            01/01/70 00:00      
         one-wire sensors are still quite expensive than thermistors            01/01/70 00:00      
            Thermistor Vs one-wire sensor cost            01/01/70 00:00      
               Your processor has a voltage reference good enough?            01/01/70 00:00      
                  Voltage reference            01/01/70 00:00      
                     That voltage reference has large error...            01/01/70 00:00      
                  Vref is Not Needed            01/01/70 00:00      
                     Depends            01/01/70 00:00      
                        Ah but,            01/01/70 00:00      
                           Still not trivial            01/01/70 00:00      
         The normal fluke doesn't give 0.1C correct readings            01/01/70 00:00      
         I think your customer ...            01/01/70 00:00      
            quite common problem with resolution/precision            01/01/70 00:00      
         linearing only solves one issue            01/01/70 00:00      
            Precision            01/01/70 00:00      
               hm            01/01/70 00:00      
               Not an opamp            01/01/70 00:00      
               Comparison with Fluke a big problem            01/01/70 00:00      

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