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LM34/35 temperature probe

ChristianGChristianG Posts: 29
edited 2004-12-20 16:54 in General Discussion
I recently bought a LM35 TEMPERATURE PROBE, and I'm trying to make it work with the Javelin.
I'm using the ADC-converter class to interface the lm35, but I don't get the expected results: The lm35 is returning 0,272v as expected (0 + 10mv/degC = 0,272v corresponding to 27,2 degres). But the ADC-class is returning an integer value·like 82! How does 82 match with 27 degres?
The outputvalue returned from adc is not changing, when temperature is increasing or decreasing.
I think that my problem is that the·output voltage from lm35 is·only changing 10mv·per 1 degre. How can·I scale the outputvalue so it's readable with the ADC-class?
Has somebody tried to use lm34 or lm35 with javelin? How should it be interfaced? is ADC the correct way to read temp values?
Regards,

Christian G.

Post Edited (ChristianG) : 11/22/2004 8:02:28 AM GMT

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  • steve_bsteve_b Posts: 1,563
    edited 2004-12-20 16:54
    I'm played with none of this stuff...YET...and was just surfing.

    So allow me this simple answer....27deg Celsius is 80.6deg Farenheit.· Where 27.777degC is 82degF.

    Could you be getting your metric/SAE units confussed?

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