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10/12/10 11:10
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#179065 - That voltage reference has large error...
Responding to: ???'s previous message
The link shows 0.8% precision. with a 10-bit ADC, that means that the voltage reference error is basically corresponding to 80 ticks of the ADC. 0.8% of your 140°C full span means 3.2°C.

Note also that you can't just calibrate for the 0.8% error - it isn't constant but depends on temperature, and ageing. This all besides the ageing in the thermistor and any other critical components in your design.

When the world isn't full of cheap thermometers with 0.1°C or better precision (besides 0.1°C or better resolution), it may be suspected that it is hard to design such thermometers at a low cost. It's even hard to design them when you have a quite large amount of money available to buy components for.

If you do get a thermistor sepcifically designed for better precision:
http://www.omega.com/ppt/pptsc...S_ELEMENTS
you suddenly have to realize that the price of the thermistor does not show it as a cheap alternative to a Maxim one-wire sensor. And notice that the precision of the thermistor does not include errors introduced from your ADC, the voltage reference, the constant-current source, ...

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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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