Mechanical temperature sensors
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Thermometer
A thermometer is a device that measures temperature or a temperature gradient (the degree of hotness or coldness of an object). A thermometer has two important elements: (1) a temperature sensor (e.g. the bulb of a mercury-in-glass thermomete ...
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Therm
Electrical temperature sensors
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Thermistor
A thermistor is a type of resistor whose resistance is strongly dependent on temperature, more so than in standard resistors. The word thermistor is a portmanteau of ''thermal'' and ''resistor''.
Thermistors are divided based on their conduction ...
- Thermistors are thermally sensitive resistors whose prime function is to exhibit a large, predictable and precise change in electrical resistance when subjected to a corresponding change in body temperature. Negative Temperature Coefficient (NTC) thermistors exhibit a decrease in electrical resistance when subjected to an increase in body temperature and Positive Temperature Coefficient (PTC) thermistors exhibit an increase in electrical resistance when subjected to an increase in body temperature.
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Thermocouple
A thermocouple, also known as a "thermoelectrical thermometer", is an electrical device consisting of two dissimilar electrical conductors forming an electrical junction. A thermocouple produces a temperature-dependent voltage as a result of th ...
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Resistance thermometer
Resistance thermometers, also called resistance temperature detectors (RTDs), are sensors used to measure temperature. Many RTD elements consist of a length of fine wire wrapped around a heat-resistant ceramic or glass core but other constructi ...
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Silicon bandgap temperature sensor
Integrated circuit sensors
The integrated circuit sensors may come in a variety of interfaces — analogue or digital; for digital, these could be
Serial Peripheral Interface
The Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI) is a synchronous serial communication interface specification used for short-distance communication, primarily in embedded systems. The interface was developed by Motorola in the mid-1980s and has become ...
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SMBus/
I2C or
1-Wire.
In
OpenBSD
OpenBSD is a security-focused operating system, security-focused, free and open-source, Unix-like operating system based on the Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD). Theo de Raadt created OpenBSD in 1995 by fork (software development), forking N ...
, many of the I
2C temperature sensors from the below list have been supported and are accessible through the generalised
hardware sensors framework
since
OpenBSD
OpenBSD is a security-focused operating system, security-focused, free and open-source, Unix-like operating system based on the Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD). Theo de Raadt created OpenBSD in 1995 by fork (software development), forking N ...
3.9 (2006),
which has also included an ad-hoc method of automatically scanning the I
2C bus by default during system boot since 2006 as well.
In
NetBSD
NetBSD is a free and open-source Unix operating system based on the Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD). It was the first open-source BSD descendant officially released after 386BSD was forked. It continues to be actively developed and is a ...
, many of these I
2C sensors are also supported and are accessible through the
envsys framework,
although none are enabled by default outside of
Open Firmware architectures like
macppc,
and a manual configuration is required before first use on
i386 or
amd64.
Remote uncooled IR thermal radiometer sensors are also commonly used in integrated circuits.
List
Non-exhaustive list of products classified by manufacturer.
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* Manufacturer : IC Manufacturer
* Part Number : IC Part Number
* Output Type : We can find 3 different Output types : Analog, Digital and Switch
* Designation : IC Designation
* Temperature Range : Die temperature range where the IC can operate.
* Accuracy (Typical) : Typical IC accuracy
* Accuracy (Max) : Maximum IC accuracy
* Linear Temperature Slope : Linear temperature slope (available for Analog output ICs). Generally expressed in μA/°C or mV/°C Units
* Input Voltage Range : Input voltage range where the IC can operate
* Supply Current : IC supply current
* Output Voltage Range : Output voltage range (available for some Analog output ICs). It generally depends on the temperature range and the linear temperature slope values.
* Package : IC package(s) Availability
* Datasheet : Manufacturer's datasheet link
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Contents are extract from the manufacturer datasheet. Each manufacturer may have different method with different accuracy processes, so it can be difficult to compare these self-reported values directly.
See also
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Celsius,
Fahrenheit
The Fahrenheit scale () is a temperature scale based on one proposed in 1724 by the physicist Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit (1686–1736). It uses the degree Fahrenheit (symbol: °F) as the unit. Several accounts of how he originally defined h ...
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Kelvin
The kelvin, symbol K, is the primary unit of temperature in the International System of Units (SI), used alongside its prefixed forms and the degree Celsius. It is named after the Belfast-born and University of Glasgow-based engineer and ph ...
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Conversion of units of temperature
This is a collection of temperature conversion formulas and comparisons among eight different temperature scales, several of which have long been obsolete.
Temperatures on scales that either do not share a numeric zero or are nonlinearly related ...
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List of LM-series integrated circuits
References
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Sensors
A sensor is a device that produces an output signal for the purpose of sensing a physical phenomenon.
In the broadest definition, a sensor is a device, module, machine, or subsystem that detects events or changes in its environment and sends ...
Temperature sensors
Temperature is a physical quantity that expresses quantitatively the perceptions of hotness and coldness. Temperature is measured with a thermometer.
Thermometers are calibrated in various temperature scales that historically have relied on ...