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Re: Temperature sensor limits?
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Date: 
Sat, 17 Apr 1999 23:40:52 GMT
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In article <37160B85.1A7A@cpu.com>, Thomas Accardo <tja@cpu.com> wrote:

Does anybody know what the measurement limits are for the temperature
sensor (particularly on the high end)?  Do you think the sensor could be
damaged by exceeding the upper limit?  How about plain LEGO pieces --
does
anybody know how hot you can get them before they melt?


As far as I can tell, the limits of reading the temp sensor (using the RCX
firmware) are from about -20C to +70C.  Anything outside of that range
will not get interpreted by the RCX firmware.

If you're thinking about reading it in some custom manner (or interpreting
the raw sensor readings) beware that the sensor is not really linear.  The
RCX firmware does a piecewise linear interpolation on the raw values.

Dave

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Does anybody know what the measurement limits are for the temperature sensor (particularly on the high end)? Do you think the sensor could be damaged by exceeding the upper limit? How about plain LEGO pieces -- does anybody know how hot you can get (...) (25 years ago, 15-Apr-99, to lugnet.robotics)

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