Sunday, May 27, 2018

WEEK 10: VALIDATING THE TEMPERATURE SENSOR

DS18B20 Temperature sensor circuit

The accuracy of the DS18B20 temperature sensor is tested using a digital thermometer where the reading obtained from both DS18B20 temperature sensor and the digital thermometer is compared. The reading for the DS18B20 is as displayed on the serial monitor of Energia software. 

Measurement comparisonn between DS18B20 and Digital Thermometer

The accuracy of the temperature sensor can be calculated using the percentage error. The calculation is as shown below.


The percentage error of the DS18B20 temperature sensor compared to the digital thermometer is just 0.44%, that is almost zero which is suitable for the water temperature measurement for its accuracy.


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