[time-nuts] Frequency referenced temperature regulator
Perry Sandeen
sandeenpa at yahoo.com
Thu Nov 11 05:02:32 UTC 2010
List,
Looking for a stable temperature sensor I first went to YSI. They have sold their sensor products to. Measurement Specialties, Inc.
Perusing their site I came upon a Ni1000 SOT temperature sensor. It is a nickel based unit that has a basic resistance of 1K ohms at 20 degrees C and rising to 1482 ohms at 80 degrees C. . It has close to a 6 ohm change per degree. I tried to find one of their distributors without success.
Entering the part number in Google, I found it is also made by ZETEX. ZETEX calls it an IC TEMP SENSOR NI1000 SOT23-3. The Digi-Key catalog as part number is ZNI1000CT ND. They are $2.77 each.
The ZETEX data sheet has a nice circuit for a digital thermometer.
Perhaps a LM 331 precision voltage-to-frequency IC or using a change in a bridge circuit to a varactor on a VCXO might provide the lack of aging problems that exist with a thermistor when precisely trying to obtain a temperature-to-frequency conversion.
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