Abishek Bhalaaji
Published © GPL3+

Arduino Based Digital Temperature Sensor

This is a temperature tensor that is made using an Arduino UNO and an LM35 sensor which measures the temperature of a given area.

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Arduino Based Digital Temperature Sensor

Things used in this project

Hardware components

Arduino UNO
Arduino UNO
×1
Temperature Sensor
Temperature Sensor
×1
Standard LCD - 16x2 White on Blue
Adafruit Standard LCD - 16x2 White on Blue
×1
Single Turn Potentiometer- 10k ohms
Single Turn Potentiometer- 10k ohms
×1
Breadboard (generic)
Breadboard (generic)
×2
Male/Male Jumper Wires
×2
Ethernet Cable
×1

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Schematics

Schematic Diagram

It is the schematic diagram that displays the connections to be made in the circuit.

Code

ArduinobasedDTS_7

Arduino
It is the code that is to be uploaded into the Arduino UNO after which it is placed in the circuit.
#include<LiquidCrystal.h>
LiquidCrystal lcd(7,6,5,4,3,2);

const int Sensor = A0; 
byte degree_symbol[8] = 
              {
                0b00111,
                0b00101,
                0b00111,
                0b00000,
                0b00000,
                0b00000,
                0b00000,
                0b00000
              };
void setup()
{
  pinMode(Sensor, INPUT);
  lcd.begin(16,2);
  lcd.createChar(1, degree_symbol);
  lcd.setCursor(0,0);
  lcd.print("    Digital    ");
  lcd.setCursor(0,1);
  lcd.print("  Thermometer   ");
  delay(4000);
  lcd.clear();
}
void loop()
{
  
     float temp_reading=analogRead(Sensor);
     float temperature=temp_reading*(5.0/1023.0)*100;
     delay(10); 
  
    lcd.clear();
    lcd.setCursor(0,0);
    lcd.print("Temperature in C");
    lcd.setCursor(4,1);
    lcd.print(temperature);
    lcd.write(1);
    lcd.print("C");
    delay(1000);
}

Credits

Abishek Bhalaaji

Abishek Bhalaaji

1 project • 19 followers
Im a Electrical Engineer from SRM University. I just love to make some cool stuff including the Open source projects and many more!!

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