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How to Measure and Monitor Temperature with a Pt100 Resistance Temperature Detector (Tip 36)
Category: Regulatory Control
SpeciaI Hardware Requirements:
1 Pt100 temperature sensor
1 TD 200 operator interface
1 EM 235 analog expansion module
Note: An improved method to measure and monitor temperature (using the EM231 RTD moduIe) is
documented in Tip 47
To select a voltage range of 0 V to 10 V on the EM 235, set the configuration switches as follows: 1: ON, 3: OFF,
5: OFF, 7: OFF, 9: ON, 11: OFF.
Depending on the number of the channel used on the EM 235, the corresponding address of the analog input word
has to be used in the program: AW0 for input channel 1, AW2 for input channel 2, AW4 for input channel 3.
The unused EM 235 inputs are short-circuited.
This program tip shows how to measure a temperature and monitor the specified limits by using the analog
expansion module EM 235. A Pt100 temperature sensor is connected to one input channel of the analog module.
n order to convert the temperature-conditioned resistance change of the Pt100 into a voltage reading, the analog
output is used as constant current source. The output supplies the Pt100 sensor with a 12.5 mA constant current.
With this circuit, a linear input voltage of 5 mV per degree Celsius (C) is generated. The EM 235 converts this
voltage into a digital value, which the program reads out cyclically. From the value read, the program calculates the
temperature [C], using the following formula:
T[C] =Digital value - 0 C offset
1 C value
DigitaI vaIue = value stored in AWx (x=0,2,4).
0 C offset = digital value, measured at 0 C. n this example, the offset is 4000.
1 C vaIue = value difference at a temperature rise of 1 C. n this example, 1 C value = 16.
The program calculates the value to the first decimal point and writes the result in the embedded variable of
Message 1: "Temperature = xxx.xC, which is read out with a TD 200 operator interface. n the initialization
segment of the program, the user can enter a high and low temperature limit. The program monitors the measured
value and displays a warning by means of the TD 200 if the measured temperature leaves the selected range.
Message 2: "Temperature > xxx.xC appears in the second display line of the TD 200 if the measured temperature
exceeds the high temperature limit; Message 3: "Temperature < xxx.xC is displayed if the measured temperature
drops below the low temperature limit.
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