STUDY OF TEMPERATURE TRANSDUCERS STT- 01

Temperature controlled
oven with digital display
Instrumentation amplifier
with gain switching
Digital voltmeter
Interfacing circuits for
common transducers

Introduction
Measurement of temperature is an important task in a large number of physical processes. A
transducer in a device which converts the temperature information into an electrical signal, usually
voltage, for an automated processing. A very wide variety of temperature transducers are commonly
available which differ from each other with regards to there:
a) Range of operation
b) Sensitivity and linearity
c) Accuracy, Stability and Repeatability
d) Speed of response
The present experiments has been designed to study the input-output characteristics of some
common transducers like, thermistors (PTC and NTC), thermocouple, semiconductor sensors and
may be extended to also study the temperature coefficients of resistances.
The main requirements for an experiment of this nature are,
a) A precisely controlled from oven with a temperature display which is fast
b) An adjustable gain instrumentation amplifier which may be used to amplify the different
levels of signals from transducers
c) Interfacing circuits suitable for the transducers used

Experiments
Temperature-output voltage characteristics of the following transducers in the temperature
range of room temperature to 150 C and determination of their parameters
Chromel - Alumel thermocouple
Copper - Constantan thermocouple
Thermistors - Positive Temperature Coefficient
- Negative Temperature Coefficient
Semiconductor sensor (type AD590), upto 90C only

Features and Specifications

Temperature controlled oven upto 150C with digital temperature display
Digital voltmeter on the panel for sensor output measurement
Built-in interfacing circuit and switched gain instrumentation amplifier
IC regulated power supplies and detailed manual

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