A Thermocouple is a terrific way to measure temperature. The effects of temperature change on dissimilar metals produces a measurable voltage. But to make that measurement you need an amplifier ...

Many of us electronics hacker types tend to have at least the same common equipment on our benches, namely a multimeter, an oscilloscope, some sort of adjustable power supply, and maybe a logic ...

Source: Southern Company As expected, the response was faster for the ½ inch thermocouple than the other two (1/4 inch and 3/8 inch), which confirms the need to match thermocouple diameter to ...

Since the early 1900s, thermocouples have provided critical temperature-measurements, especially at very high temperature. For many industrial and process-critical applications, both T/Cs and RTDs ...

In this interview, industry expert Joep van den Brink delves into the specialized world of high-temperature thermocouples, discussing key differences, innovative designs, and tailored solutions that ...

Microchip has created a four-channel thermocouple measurement IC with ±1.5°C accuracy. “MCP9604 delivers accuracy at four thermocouple locations by using higher-order NIST ITS-90 equations rather than ...

Engineering design is often largely about the tradeoffs among the approaches to solving various challenges while meeting overall project objectives. These tradeoffs may be global such as balancing ...

I was called out to a client's factory to repair a piece of machinery that had mysteriously stopped working. The client's standard maintenance procedures had failed to fix it. The machine welded two ...

One important factor in power plant control system performance is the response time of the process measurement used in the control system. The response time of boiler steam temperature sensors and ...