> -----Original Message-----
> From: piclist-bounces@mit.edu [mailto:piclist-bounces@mit.edu] On
Behalf
> Of Dario Greggio
> Sent: 06 February 2010 20:04
> To: Microcontroller discussion list - Public.
> Subject: [PIC] Measuring flow using a temperature sensor (and maybe a
> heater)
> 
> We've been considering measuring air flow (at some 1-2 bar) by using a
> temperature sensor (possibly a I2C one such as MCP9800) and maybe a
> heater coupled to it.
> 
> Do you think it's doable with some good precision? Of course the other
> method would be using a fan or alike and an encoder but it's quite
more
> complicated... :)
> 
> thanks for any tip!
> 

What kind of range of airflows do you need to measure?  Perhaps an
automotive air mass sensor would be usable?

Regards

Mike

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