MCP3422/3/4
DS22088B-page 34
©
2008 Microchip Technology Inc.
, shows an example of using the MCP3424
for four-channel thermocouple temperature measure-
ment applications.
FIGURE 6-6:
Four-Channel Thermocouple Applications.
With
Type K
thermocouple, it can measure tempera-
ture from 0°C to 1250°C degrees. The full scale output
range of the
Type K
thermocouple is about 50 mV. This
provides 40 µV/°C (= 50 mV/1250°C) of measurement
resolution.
shows the measurement bud-
get for sensor signal using the MCP3422/3/4 device
with 18 bits and PGA = 8 settings. With this configura-
tion, the MCP3424 can detect the input signal level as
low as approximately 2 µV. The internal PGA boosts
the input signal level eight times. The 40 µV/°C input
from the thermocouple is amplified internally to
320 µV/°C before the conversion takes place. This
results in 20.48 LSB/°C output codes. This means
there are about 20 LSB output codes (or about 4.32
bits) per 1°C of change in temperature.
EQUATION 6-1:
5 k
Ω
V
DD
4
5
6
9
CH2-
V
SS
CH3+
3
12
CH2+
CH3-
2
13
CH1-
CH4+
1
14
CH1+
CH4-
7
8
SDA
SCL
V
DD
MCP3424
11
10
0.1 µF
10 µF
T
O
MCU
(MASTER)
MCP9800
MCP9800
MCP9800
MCP9800
Isothermal Block
Isothermal Block
Thermocouple Sensor
Heat
SCL
SDA
SDA
SCL
SDA
SCL
V
DD
SDA
SCL
SDA
SCL
Adr1
Adr0
5 k
Ω
Input Signal Level after gain of 8:
Where:
1 LSB
=
15.625 µV with 18 bit configuration
Detectable Input Signal Level
15.625
μ
V/PGA
=
1.953125
μ
V
for PGA
8
=
=
40
μ
V/°C
(
)
8
320
μ
V/°C
=
•
=
No. of LSB/°C
320
μ
V/°C
15.625
μ
V
-------------------------
20.48 Codes/°C
=
=
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