TKThermistor

Module

Description

With the constructor TKThermistor you can create a software object for each thermistor module connected to the TinkerKit Sensor Shield and assign it the physical input pin on which is connected. For example if you have a thermistor connected to the input pin I0, you might write:

TKThermistor therm(I0);

Available methods

*get()*	return the thermistor reading. It is an analog value from 0 to 1023
*getCelsius()*	return a float number that contains the temperature reading expressed in the Celsius scale
*getFahrenheit()*	return a float number that contains the temperature reading expressed in the Fahrenheit scale

Example

/*
Thermistor

The TinkerKit Thermistor Module [T00020] is hooked up on I0.
Three values are displayed on the Serial Monitor every second:
- the value between 0 and 1023 that represent the Analog Input reading
- the temperature expressed in Celsius degrees
- the temperature expressed in Fahrenheit dedegrees

created 29 Nov 2011
by Federico Vanzati

This example code is in the public domain.
*/

// include the TinkerKit library
#include <TinkerKit.h>

TKThermistor therm(I0); // creating the object 'therm' that belongs to the 'TKThermistor' class
// and giving the value to the desired output pin

float C, F; // temperature readings are returned in float format

void setup()
{
// initialize serial communications at 9600 bps
Serial.begin(9600);
}

void loop()
{
C = therm.getCelsius(); // Reading the temperature in Celsius degrees and store in the C variable
F = therm.getFahrenheit(); // Reading the temperature in Fahrenheit degrees and store in the F variable

// Print the collected data in a row on the Serial Monitor
Serial.print("Analog reading: \t"); // Reading the analog value from the thermistor
Serial.print(therm.get());
Serial.print("\tC: \t");
Serial.print(C);
Serial.print("\tF: \t");
Serial.println(F);

delay(1000); // Wait one second before get another temperature reading
}

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