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Invalid Celsius reading from Thermistor via Android ADK

I'm on Project 8 in Mario Boehmer's book, Beginning Android ADK with Arduino. I'm using a 10k thermistor with the following values but my temperature is reporting as 6531.0C which is obviously incorrect.

long r0 = 10000;
long beta = 4050;

// temperature in kelvin at at 25 celsius
double t0 = 298.15;
// value of second resistor
long additional_resistor = 10000;
// input voltage
float v_in = 5.0;

The readings off the serial monitor are as follows:

currentThermistorResistance: 128378.38
currentTemperatureInDegrees: -22.16
convertedValue: -221
voltageMeasured: 0.36

The full code is as follows:

#include <Max3421e.h>
#include <Usb.h>
#include <AndroidAccessory.h>

#define COMMAND_TEMPERATURE 0x4
#define INPUT_PIN_0 0x0

// Size: 5mm
// Resistance: 10KΩ
// Temperature: -30°C to +125°C
// Tolerance: ±10%

//-----
//change those values according to your thermistor's datasheet
// original
// long r0 = 4700;
// long beta = 3980;

//new
long r0 = 10000;
long beta = 4050;
//-----

// temperature in kelvin at at 25 celsius
double t0 = 298.15;
// value of second resistor
long additional_resistor = 10000;
// input voltage
float v_in = 5.0;

double r_inf;
double currentThermistorResistance;

/*
AndroidAccessory(const char *manufacturer,
                 const char *model,
                 const char *description,
                 const char *version,
                 const char *uri,
                 const char *serial);
*/

AndroidAccessory acc("UW MHCID",
             "HCID TempSense",
             "A temperature sensing android application",
             "0.1",
             "https://github.com/pdugan20/hcid-temp-sense",
             "0000000012345678");

byte sntmsg[6];

void setup() {
  Serial.begin(19200);
  acc.powerOn();
  // changed from powerOn() to begin()
  // acc.begin();
  sntmsg[0] = COMMAND_TEMPERATURE;
  sntmsg[1] = INPUT_PIN_0;
  r_inf = r0 * (exp((-beta) / t0));
}

void loop() {
  if (acc.isConnected()) {
    int currentADCValue = analogRead(INPUT_PIN_0);

    float voltageMeasured = getCurrentVoltage(currentADCValue);
    double currentThermistorResistance = getCurrentThermistorResistance(voltageMeasured);
    double currentTemperatureInDegrees = getCurrentTemperatureInDegrees(currentThermistorResistance);

    // multiply the float value by 10 to retain one value behind the decimal point before converting
    // to an integer for better value transmission
    int convertedValue = currentTemperatureInDegrees * 10;

    sntmsg[2] = (byte) (convertedValue >> 24);  
    sntmsg[3] = (byte) (convertedValue >> 16);  
    sntmsg[4] = (byte) (convertedValue >> 8);  
    sntmsg[5] = (byte) convertedValue;
    acc.write(sntmsg, 6);
    delay(100);
  }
}

// "reverse ADC calculation"
float getCurrentVoltage(int currentADCValue) {
  return v_in * currentADCValue / 1024;
}

// rearranged voltage divider formula for thermistor resistance calculation
double getCurrentThermistorResistance(float voltageMeasured) {
  return ((v_in * additional_resistor) - (voltageMeasured * additional_resistor)) / voltageMeasured; 
}

//Steinhart-Hart B equation for temperature calculation
double getCurrentTemperatureInDegrees(double currentThermistorResistance) {
  return (beta / log(currentThermistorResistance / r_inf)) - 273.15; 
}

Does anyone have any ideas? My full code is here: https://github.com/pdugan20/hcid-temp-sense

The thermistor in question is a 103 from the following datasheet: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwOn70drOiMfZ0FrZ2VsSVhKQ00/edit?usp=sharing

Solution

  • Well that was silly... I was using a 1k resistor instead of a 10k resistor. Replaced the hardware and it's now working correctly. Thank you all for your help.