At 07:42 PM 7/25/01 -0700, you wrote:
>   Rodrigo, the LM35 outputs 10mV/deg C where 0 deg C = 0mV, -1 deg = -10mV,
>+1 deg = +10mV, etc. So 667mV = 66.7 deg C. It really sounds like Nick is
>using an LM34 which would give 66.7 deg F...

Sounds like he may have connected a resistor (or had leakage or bias current)
from the output to Vcc, which  may have overwhelmed the internal resistors
(it's a common-emitter output, so it can only source significant current, not
sink it). Even a couple of dozen microamps could do that- it would cause the
temperature vs. voltage curve to plateau at some value, and the exact
temperature at which it stopped working properly would be quite variable
from unit to unit because of the wide variation in IC resistor values.

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