NTC Thermistor Alternative for Room Temp Sensor
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It would somewhat depend on what "it" is.
If "it" is the stove and you are looking to attach some other sensor, that might be an uphill battle. Likely the computer brain on the stove is programmed for a specific NTC sensor value and attaching anything else would just result in more error.
If "it" is the NTC sensor, then possibly you could attach some sort of digital readout. Though again, that might be an uphill battle as you likely don't know what specific values the NTC has, so you'd end up making some sort of calibration curve across a wide range of temperatures so you'd know what to program into your new digital readout.
What is making you think the NTC is inaccurate? What is the comparison/benchmark? Do you specifically know the comparison/benchmark is accurate? (Confucius says: "A man with two watches never knows what time it is." I suppose the same extends to two thermometers!) Also note that the NTC may be much more sensitive than other types of thermometers. So it may appear to swing temperature due to small air currents and drafts where a typical 'thermometer' may be relatively stable.
Also curious are you measuring in C or F? It's always struck me that you could probably die of hypothermia at 20C, or die of heat stroke at 40C... that is not a lot of degrees in between! At least in F, you'd get almost twice the degrees, hence nearly twice the accuracy.
If "it" is the stove and you are looking to attach some other sensor, that might be an uphill battle. Likely the computer brain on the stove is programmed for a specific NTC sensor value and attaching anything else would just result in more error.
If "it" is the NTC sensor, then possibly you could attach some sort of digital readout. Though again, that might be an uphill battle as you likely don't know what specific values the NTC has, so you'd end up making some sort of calibration curve across a wide range of temperatures so you'd know what to program into your new digital readout.
What is making you think the NTC is inaccurate? What is the comparison/benchmark? Do you specifically know the comparison/benchmark is accurate? (Confucius says: "A man with two watches never knows what time it is." I suppose the same extends to two thermometers!) Also note that the NTC may be much more sensitive than other types of thermometers. So it may appear to swing temperature due to small air currents and drafts where a typical 'thermometer' may be relatively stable.
Also curious are you measuring in C or F? It's always struck me that you could probably die of hypothermia at 20C, or die of heat stroke at 40C... that is not a lot of degrees in between! At least in F, you'd get almost twice the degrees, hence nearly twice the accuracy.
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