Analog Devices used to make a chip like that. I think it was an AD590. It
did cold junction compensation and gave a linear voltage output for the
temperature.


At 06:53 PM 3/5/97 +1100, lmclaren wrote:
>Gday all,
>I have a need to interface a thermo couple to a pic,  I believe that
>there is a special purpose ic out there that not only scales but also
>corrects the output to allow for nonlineararity and presents you with a
>voltage/temp value or better still I2C of SPI.
>Anybody know its name/manufacture?
>
>Thanks
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