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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