This library is designed to work with devices like the LM335 temperature sensor. There are only two requirements for compatibility: 1) The device must be a sensor device that has an analog voltage output. 2) The physical quantity measured must vary linearly with the analog voltage. The LM335 creates an analog voltage proportional to temperature. It can work very well with this library using the nominal multiplier of 0.0050354 and offset of -273.15 or by providing two user defined calibration points to the constructor. It uses a median filter to remove unwanted noise from ADC readings.

Dependents:   mbed_measuring_temperature

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+/* Copyright (c) <2012> <P. Patel>, MIT License
+ *
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+ 
+// --------------------- Median Filtered Linear Temperature Sensor Reader ----------------------------
+ 
+#include "LinearTemp.h"
+#include "mbed.h"
+
+// Constructor using two calibration points to define linear multiplier and offset
+LinearTemp::LinearTemp(PinName pin, float temp1, unsigned short read1, float temp2, unsigned short read2):_pin(pin) {
+    _temp = 0.0;                                     // Zero the temperature
+    _multiplier = (temp2 - temp1) / (read2 - read1); // Calculate multiplier as slope
+    _offset = temp1 - (_multiplier * read1);         // Calculate offset
+}
+// Constructor using user defined multiplier and offset
+LinearTemp::LinearTemp(PinName pin, float multiplier, float offset):_pin(pin) {
+    _temp = 0.0;                                     // Zero the temperature
+    _multiplier = multiplier;                        // Set multiplier
+    _offset = offset;                                // Set offset
+}
+
+// Populates an array with temperature readings, sorts, and returns median
+float LinearTemp::readTemp() {
+    _tempArr[0] = _pin.read_u16();
+    for (int i = 1; i < 9; i++) { 
+        _tempArr[i] = _pin.read_u16();
+        unsigned short tmp = _tempArr[i];
+        int j;            
+        for (j = i - 1; j >= 0; j--) {
+            if (tmp>=_tempArr[j]) break;
+            _tempArr[j + 1] = _tempArr[j];
+        }
+        _tempArr[j + 1] = tmp;
+    }
+    _temp = (_tempArr[4] * _multiplier) + _offset;
+    return _temp;
+}
+// Returns last calculated temperature value
+float LinearTemp::getTemp() {
+    return _temp;
+}
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