Published October 17, 2019 © GPL3+

LCD Thermometer using TMP36 Sensor

A LCD thermometer that gets its information from a TMP36 Sensor. Can read in Fahrenheit and Celsius.

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Things used in this project

Hardware components

Arduino UNO

Rotary potentiometer (generic)

Resistor 220 ohm

Jumper wires (generic)

Alphanumeric LCD, 16 x 2

Software apps and online services

Arduino IDE

Story

When I was going through the Arduino Starter Kit projects, I noticed that I could combine projects 3:Love-O-Meter and project 11:Crystal Ball together and create a display that could read temperature sensor inputs. Few things to make note of:

Make sure potentiometer is connected!

There are a lot of wires, so make sure to follow the schematic exactly as written.

The tmp36 sensor Vout should be linked to A0 (analog pins).

Code

Code

#include <LiquidCrystal.h>

LiquidCrystal lcd(12, 11, 5, 4, 3, 2);

int sensorPin = 0; 
 

void setup()
{
  lcd.begin(16, 2);                         
}
 
void loop()                     
{
 
lcd.clear();
int reading = analogRead(sensorPin);  
float voltage = reading * 5.0;
voltage /= 1024.0; 
float temperatureC = (voltage - 0.5) * 100 ; 
float temperatureF = (temperatureC * 9.0 / 5.0) + 32.0;
lcd.print(temperatureF); 
lcd.println(" degrees F ");
lcd.setCursor(0,1);
lcd.print(temperatureC);
lcd.println(" degrees C ");
delay(1000);

}

Credits

LCD Thermometer using TMP36 Sensor

Things used in this project

Hardware components

Software apps and online services

Story

Schematics

Schematic

Code

Code

Credits

VJZ

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LCD Thermometer using TMP36 Sensor

LCD Thermometer using TMP36 Sensor

Things used in this project

Hardware components

Software apps and online services

Story

Schematics

Schematic

Code

Code

Credits

VJZ

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