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Steinhart Constant Calculations

Temp (C) Resistance (Ohms) Equation


277.15 6000
329.15 740
372.15 197
Variables
L1 8.69951474821019 L1=lnR1
L2 6.60665018619822 L2=lnR2
L3 5.28320372873799 L3=lnR3
Y1 0.00360815442900956 Y1=1/T1
Y2 0.00303812851283609 Y2=1/T2
Y3 0.00268708853956738 Y3=1/T3
gamma2 0.00027236636642434 gamma2=(Y2-Y1)/(L2-L1)
gamma3 0.000269608324356979 gamma3=(Y3-Y1)/(L3-L1)
Constant Calcs
A 0.00132774106461327000000
B 0.00025447087410428500000
C 0.00000010121653837891000

Steinhart Equation
Example Resistance (Ohms) 197

1/T=A+BlnR+C(lnR)^3
1/T 0.00268708853956738
T (Kelvins) 372.15
T(Celcius) 99.00

Steinhart Plotting Data


Temp (Celcius) Resistance (Ohms)
4 6000
56 740
99 197
Sensor Raw Data Steinhart Equation
Temp (Celcius) Resistance (Ohms) Temp (Celcius) Resistance (Ohms)
2 6500 2.30 6500
4 6000 4.00 6000
6 5500 5.87 5500
8 5000 7.93 5000 7000
10 4670 9.43 4670
12 4090 12.38 4090
14 3860 13.69 3860 f(x
16 3510 15.86 3510 6000 R²

18 3230 17.77 3230

Resistance (Ohms)
20 3000 19.50 3000
22 2720 21.81 2720 5000
24 2460 24.22 2460
26 2260 26.28 2260
28 2080 28.32 2080
30 1900 30.58 1900 4000

32 1760 32.51 1760


34 1640 34.31 1640
36 1500 36.61 1500 3000
38 1400 38.41 1400
40 1300 40.37 1300
42 1200 42.50 1200
44 1080 45.36 1080 2000

46 980 48.03 980


52 844 52.23 844
54 798 53.82 798 1000
56 740 56.00 740
58 690 58.04 690
60 644 60.08 644
62 591 62.64 591 0
0
64 555 64.54 555
66 515 66.83 515
68 480 69.01 480
70 452 70.89 452
72 417 73.44 417
74 390 75.59 390
76 357 78.47 357
78 334 80.66 334
80 319 82.19 319
82 297 84.59 297
84 280 86.60 280
86 266 88.36 266
88 253 90.09 253
90 244 91.36 244
92 234 92.83 234
94 219 95.18 219
96 206 97.38 206
98 201 98.27 201
99 197 99.00 197
Coolant Sensor Temperature vs Resistance

7000

f(x) = − 0.0148660358502234 x³ + 3.2769283685258 x² − 246.843899660137 x + 6798.17105837904


6000 R² = 0.997600686553844

5000

4000

3000

2000

1000

0
0 10 20 30 40 50

Temperature (Celcius)
emperature vs Resistance

904

50 60 70 80 90 100
100

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