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circuit with the main goal being to verify the linearity of the circuit. The source code can be found
in the Appendix at the end of the document.

This first graph shows the OpAmp output as the sensor resistance increases from 100 Ω to 1.5 kΩ.
The performance seems largely non-linear due to mismatching scales:
• x-axis: 0 Ω to 1.5 kΩ
• y-axis: 0V to 5V

Fig 1: Sensor resistance v/s Output Voltage

This graph helps clear the misinformation by plotting Sensor Resistance on a semi-log axis. The
system seems much linear in this representation although a non-linearity is suspected beyond 1kΩ.

Fig 2: Sensor Resistance Semi-log v/s Output Voltage

This final graph settles the argument by plotting the ratio of the voltage increase per Ω change in
sensor resistance against sensor resistance. The ambiguity about non-linearity beyond 1 kΩ is
settled but this graph reveals another non-linearity when sensor resistance values are around 100 Ω.
A table below explores this ambiguity.

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V ( R−1)

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gradually decays to about 1.05 within a small 20Ω increase in resistance. Performance 1.4926
of the designed signal-conditioning circuit is largely linear beyond 120 Ω. 1.3268
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the first 18 data points in the table. The circuit is concluded to give non-linear output 1.1610
up to 120 Ω. 1.1374
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Sensor Transfer Function: ~0.143℃/ Ω 1.0948
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MATLAB Source Code

Figure 1&2

x = 100:1500;
v = @(r) 10*r;
y = v(x)./(100.+x);
z = (y - 5)*(5/4.375);
plot(x,z); %Plot using semilogx function to obtain the second graph
xlabel('Sensor Resistance');
ylabel('Voltage');

Figure 3

v = @(r)((10*r)/(r+100)-5)*1.1428571;

for i=102:0.5:1500;
plot(i,(v(i)/v(i-1)));
hold on;
end;

hold off;
xlabel('Sensor Resistance in Ohms');
ylabel('Voltage change ratio per Ohm change in resistance');
axis([0 1500 0.9 2]);