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TMP36 - analog temperature sensor
The TMP36 is a very popular and easy-to-use temperature sensor
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Description
Description
Here is a temperature sensor that is able to measure a wide range of temperatures while being energy efficient. Its analog output is proportional to the ambient temperature.
This sensor is very popular and really easy to implement. This is one of the elements of the ARDX kit.
Technical details
To use it, simply connect pin 1 (left) to a power source (between 2.7 and 5.5V), pin 3 (right) to ground (GND) and finally pin 2 (middle) on an analog input of your micro controller.
The output voltage is 0V at -50°C and 1.75V at 125°C. It is easy to convert the output voltage (in millivolts) to temperature using the formula:
Temp °C = 100*(V reading) - 50
The data sheet of the TMP36 is available here.
Tutorials
- A complete tutorial for Arduino in French available on our Wiki.
- A complete tutorial for Spark Core.
- A TMP36 tutorial with MicroPython PyBoard
- See our article "Temperature sensor with TMP36" on our Blog.
- A complete tutorial (in English) with wiring diagram, code samples and idea of projects is available here.
Data sheet
TMP-36
3232100000599