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voltsandbytes writes:
Probably, some of you have tried buying cool but cheap products from Ebay. Like some of you, I also have bought items from Ebay several times already. One of the items that I got from Ebay is a small ENC28J60 based ethernet module.
As you can see from the image above, the ENC28J60 module is very small. The PCB is more or less one-inch square which is almost as small as the included ethernet jack.
Simple Sensor Webserver – [Link]
embedded-lab.com writes:
A digital multimeter is a very useful instrument that combines several measurement functions in one unit. A typical multimeter includes features of a variable-range ohmmeter, voltmeter, and ammeter. Some of them also include capabilities of testing diodes and transistors. In this article, I am going to talk about a technique of adding thermometer feature to a regular digital multimeter. The technique is very simple and uses one temperature sensor along with two resistors and a DPDT slide switch.
Add a thermometer to your digital multimeter - [Link]
embedded-lab.com writes:
There are quite a variety of active analog temperature sensor ICs that provide an output voltage proportional to the temperature. They usually don’t require any external calibration and signal conditioning, and as such their output can be directly fed to the input of an ADC for digital processing. A few examples of such sensors are LM34, LM35, TMP35/36/37, and MCP9701. If you are having any trouble using any of these sensors in your project, here is a quick way to test if your sensor is working or not.
Testing active analog temperature sensors with a multimeter - [Link]
Charalampos Andrianakis writes:
I designed this version in the need of a thermometer for my room, built in a small pack and easy to control. The hardware is designed on a way so that the pcb can be wall mounted. At the top side of the device the PCB extents giving space for two keyhole type holes which are able to keep the device mounted on the wall. The LCD display plugs at the front side of the PCB, covering all the electronic components and giving a compact design view. The user can interact with the device using the left side switch button. The design includes a 6-pin header which gives connectivity for UART (RX,TX,GND) and for the external sensor DHT-11 (VCC,GND,DATA). Also there is an ISP-6 pin header which gives the option of on board programming. Finally there is an optional Bluetooth plug on the back side connected with AVRs UART for possible communication to other devices like mobile phones, home automation devices, pc’s or whatever you imagine.
The code is written in C and is well performed in a readable way so anybody can read and modify it. For the LCD driving i have used Peter Fleury’s library.
AVR Atmega8 and DHT-11 Thermometer V2.0 - [Link]
circuitvalley.com writes:
This is General purpose Temperature meter for measuring Temperature from -55 ºC to 150 ºC ..It is a very useful bench test equipment for testing and finding out the temperature of various devices with unknown temperature such as room temperature , cpu cabinet, etc. The meter provides very stable readings and has excellent input sensitivity thanks to LM 35 Temperature sensor from National Semiconductor , so it can even measure small temperature change.
The LM35 is three terminal temperature sensor which gives output in the form of analog voltage. LM35 linear to the whole temperature range it generate 10 mV/ºC. this analog voltage is feed to the internal 10 bit analog to digital convertor of the PIC 18F458 which convert it into temperature and then display to the NOKIA 3315/3310 LCD.
Nokia 3315 LCD Based Temperature Meter - [Link]
embedded-lab.com writes:
This is a revised version of my LM35 based digital thermometer project that I posted last year. Although it is one of the simplest projects, it is very popular among newbies who are just starting to learn microcontrollers. There was a little flaw in the original project as pointed by some readers. I was using a 1.2 V reference for A/D conversion with PIC16F688 microcontroller. However, the PIC16F688 datasheet says Vref should be equal to or higher than 2.2 V to ensure 1 LSB accuracy of A/D conversion. Here, I am rewriting the same project but this time I am using a MCP1525 IC to generate a precise 2.5 V reference for A/D conversion. This will improve the accuracy of temperature measurements.
Revised version of LM35 based digital temperature meter - [Link]
Stephen Zahra writes:
This Digital Thermometer Design is done by using the 8051 microcontroller AT89C51AC2 and interfaced with an LCD to outputs the Temperature. THe sensor used for this design is the LM35 which output an analogue voltage per centigrade celcius. A circuit amplification is done between the LM35 and the microcontroller.
8051 Digital Thermometer – [Link]
This project describes in detail how to use a LM35 temperature sensor to measure the surrounding temperature and display on a LCD screen by interfacing with a PIC microcontrolller. The LM35 sensor gives an analog output voltage that is proportional to the temperature. The output from the sensor is converted to a 10-bit digital number by the internal ADC of PIC16F688 micro. This project provides every details of software and hardware design involved.
Measuring temperature using LM35 Sensor – [Link]
This article discuss what an analog temperature sensor is and how it measures temperature. It also shows how to test a temperature sensor, how to connect it and how to read the analog temperature data using an Arduino. There is also included example code that sends temperature data using RS232 interface.
Temperature Sensor Tutorial – [Link]
Very simple thermometer with PIC16F88, two LM35 sensors and KS0108 graphic LCD.
PIC16F88 LCD thermometer - [Link]
