A digital thermometer

With the easy availability of inexpensive digital multimeters, and integrated circuit temperature sensors, it is now very easy to build a sensitive and accurate digital thermometer that can be used for many experiments around the house or in the amateur laboratory. There are two tenperature sensors that make this particulary easy -- the LM34 and the LM35. These are callibrated in Fahrenheit and Celsius respectively, and when read by the meter, they produce ten millivolts per degree in their respective scales, so the meter can be directly read in temperatures, down to a tenth of a degree. The digital thermometer needs these parts: A multimeter. We chose a digital multimeter for accuracy and easy reading. An LM34 integrated circuit temperature sensor for Fahrenheit. An LM35 integrated circuit temperature sensor for Celsius. A 180,000 ohm resistor This resistor will have four colored bands on it. The colors will be brown, gray, yellow, and gold. A nine volt battery A nine volt battery clip Two alligator test leads Three long wires (optional) Electrical tape or heat shrinkable tubing (optional)