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Advice on tracking cold temperatures

ArchiverArchiver Posts: 46,084
edited 2004-02-01 18:34 in General Discussion
Recently I attempted to track water temperature by using a AD592 and an RC
network, with RCTime and a BS2. Unfortunately, it didn't work; the whole
circuit was sitting outside, and the temps out there got to -15F at points.
As best I can tell, this affected the accuracy of the circuit, and I didn't
get accurate temperature readings. As a result, I think I turned a few fish
into fishicles (I won't know for certain until Spring thaw).

I need a more accurate way to track water temperature, something which will
still work well if the circuit itself gets extremely cold. What's good?

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  • ArchiverArchiver Posts: 46,084
    edited 2004-02-01 18:14
    Have you tried using a digital temperature sensor? one that goes as low
    as -55 Celsius ?
    There are plenty of choices on the market.
    Neednt no analogue parts, everything is done by digital I2C, SPI, 1-Wire,
    etc...

    Have a look !


    Antonio Sergio Sena






    Original Message
    From: "Scott" <scott@m...>
    To: <basicstamps@yahoogroups.com>
    Sent: Sunday, February 01, 2004 6:04 PM
    Subject: [noparse][[/noparse]basicstamps] Advice on tracking cold temperatures


    > Recently I attempted to track water temperature by using a AD592 and an RC
    > network, with RCTime and a BS2. Unfortunately, it didn't work; the whole
    > circuit was sitting outside, and the temps out there got to -15F at
    points.
    > As best I can tell, this affected the accuracy of the circuit, and I
    didn't
    > get accurate temperature readings. As a result, I think I turned a few
    fish
    > into fishicles (I won't know for certain until Spring thaw).
    >
    > I need a more accurate way to track water temperature, something which
    will
    > still work well if the circuit itself gets extremely cold. What's good?
    >
    >
    >
    >
    >




    Ant
  • ArchiverArchiver Posts: 46,084
    edited 2004-02-01 18:34
    Why not use a DS1620? You'll have to water-proof it, but that shouldn't
    be too much trouble.

    -- Jon Williams
    -- Applications Engineer, Parallax
    -- Dallas Office


    Original Message
    From: Scott [noparse]/noparse]mailto:[url=http://forums.parallaxinc.com/group/basicstamps/post?postID=oNoFL4TPKyOhUKdNG18I07K1sxWrmR7WUjkiTbMNHUeMw75nvbaCur640Y6_s7JDEfv-9-A]scott@m...[/url
    Sent: Sunday, February 01, 2004 12:04 PM
    To: basicstamps@yahoogroups.com
    Subject: [noparse][[/noparse]basicstamps] Advice on tracking cold temperatures


    Recently I attempted to track water temperature by using a AD592 and an
    RC network, with RCTime and a BS2. Unfortunately, it didn't work; the
    whole circuit was sitting outside, and the temps out there got to -15F
    at points. As best I can tell, this affected the accuracy of the
    circuit, and I didn't get accurate temperature readings. As a result, I
    think I turned a few fish into fishicles (I won't know for certain until
    Spring thaw).

    I need a more accurate way to track water temperature, something which
    will still work well if the circuit itself gets extremely cold. What's
    good?
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