Thisapplicationnotedescribesatemperaturesensor

usingaPICmicro

®

microcontroller.Thistemperature

sensorisuniquebecauseitcanworkthroughnon-fer-

romagneticwalls.Interfacingtoathermistorisnormally

averystraightforwardtask.Interfacingtoathermistor

ontheothersideofawallgetsalittlemorecompli-

cated.Interfacingthroughwallscanbeaveryvaluable

featureincertainapplications,notablytemperature

sensingforrefrigeratorsorsensinginsideofahazard-

ousgasenvironmentwhereanisolationbarrierisa

safetyissue.AN850InductivelyCoupledThermistorThismethodisinappropriateforathroughwalltemper-Author:JosephJulicheraturesystembecauseitrequiresawiretoconnecttheMicrochipTechnologyInc.thermistortothePICmicroMCU.DCcurrentscannotbetransmittedthroughawall,sothismethodcannotbedirectlyconvertedtoathroughwallsystem.INTRODUCTIONTosenseth

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