Introduction:

The thermocouple is a simple, widely used component for measuring temperature. There are two
signal conditioning solutions. The first solution combines both reference-junction compensation
and signal conditioning in a single analog IC for convenience and ease of use; the second
solution separates the reference-junction compensation from the signal conditioning to provide
digital-output temperature sensing with greater flexibility and accuracy.

Theory:

A thermocouple consists of two wires of dissimilar metals joined together at one end, called the
measurement (“hot”) junction. The other end, where the wires are not joined, is connected to the
signal conditioning circuitry traces, typically made of copper. This junction between the
thermocouple metals and the copper traces is called the reference (“cold”) junction. We have to
interface the thermocouple to get the digital value. ADC is used for this purpose. The
main theme of ADC is to convert the analogue signal to digital value. After this a java
cable is required. The purpose of this java cable is just to give this digital value to LCD.

Benefits:

There are many benefits of Thermocouple interfacing.

• This will give you an accurate value of readings.

• This will give you a digital value.
• Digital value are more accurate than analogue.
• Thermocouple is heat sensor .It gives you the value of temperature.
Application:

1-This is used in finding temperature.

Required Materiel :

1:Thermo couple
2:ADC(Analogue to Digital Converter)
3:Bread Board
4:Java cable
5:LCD

Total Cost:

Thermocouple : 200
ADC : 60
Breadboard : 150
Javacable : 100
Wires : 50
Total : 550
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Work Division:

Work load will be divided between the four of us such that each member
could easily participate in each of the mechanical and theoretical activity.

Why we Choose this Project?

We got the idea when we saw the thermocouple

giving analogue reading. Thermocouple is giving simply analogue (continuos)
readings which is not feasible for today. So we got the idea to change the
analogue signal to digital.
This is a mini project but having a lots of benefits. Digital values are more
accurate. This project is just to increase the accuracy. It is not easy to transform the
voltage generated by a thermocouple into an accurate temperature reading for
many reasons: the voltage signal is small, the temperature-voltage relationship is
nonlinear, reference junction compensation is required, and thermocouples may
pose grounding problems.