At 09:40 PM 7/24/01 -0500, you wrote:
>Greetings :)  I'm having trouble with some LM35 Centigrade temperature
>sensors... I'm simply trying to read them w/a multimeter and getting
>annoying values.  The Vss and Gnd are 5.12 and 0 respectively, and when
>I go to read the Vout, I get between .667 - .733 V.  Meaning my room is
>a toasty 66.7-73.3C.  Quite warm!  This is happening with 3 separate
>sensors!  Not sure what my problem is...  Any tips?  Perhaps I'm reading
>this totally wrong?

Is it possible you have reversed +Vs (not Vss) and Gnd?  Note that the
data sheet (you *do* have the actual data sheet?) shows the connections
from the bottom, not looking down through the top as is sometimes
done.

That number is suspiciously close to one diode drop.

Best regards,



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