CY8CKIT-025 PSoC® Precision Analog Temperature Sensor Expansion Board Kit Guide, Doc. # 001-65791 Rev. *J
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Hardware
Figure 4-1. Thermocouple Circuit Diagram
The cold junction compensation IC measures the cold junction temperature and outputs a voltage
proportional to the temperature. The ADC measures the cold junction output voltage to calculate the
cold junction temperature. This temperature is used to calculate the cold junction compensation,
V2
.
V1
is measured in the first ADC channel. The temperature can be calculated using equation 1 if
V1
,
V2
, and
K
are known.
The lower potential lead of the thermocouple connector is biased at a potential above ground so that
negative temperatures up to –270 °C can be measured after accommodating for small negative
device offset. PSoC Creator provides a thermocouple component that supports all thermocouple
types (B, E, J, K, N, R, S, and T) and simplifies voltage-to-temperature conversion and vice versa.
4.3
Thermistor
Application note
AN66477 - PSoC 3 and PSoC 5LP Temperature Measurement with Thermistor
explains the thermistor theory and temperature measurement with thermistor. This section assumes
that you are aware of thermistor fundamentals and terminology.
The thermistor resistance changes with temperature in a nonlinear fashion. Thermistor
manufacturers provide the thermistor temperature versus resistance table. The Steinhart-Hart
equation (equation 2) characterizes thermistor resistance change with temperature to a good
accuracy and can be used to find temperature from thermistor resistance.
Equation 2
where,
-
A
,
B
, and
C
are the Steinhart-Hart coefficients
-
R
is the resistance at temperature
T
expressed in Kelvin
shows the circuit diagram used for the measurement. An excitation voltage is applied
across a series combination of thermistor and precision reference resistor, and the voltages across
thermistor and reference resistor are measured.
3.3 V
ADC
Thermocouple
Connector
330 k
1.5 k
M
U
X
IC
0
1
2
3
)
ln(
ln
1
R
C
R
B
A
T