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12/11/05 14:45
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#105049 - Safety!!!!!
Responding to: ???'s previous message
Take care, the very highest saftey requirements must be fullfilled by your application, if it comes in contact to a baby!! For instance, you need a life support approval for the MOC3063.
I would highly recommend to use a separate circuit to read the temperature sensor and to transmit the signal galvanically isolated to your micro board. You could create a digital pulse train two times a second, fed into the UART via opto coupler.
Design this circuit to provide an analog signal of 0V at 20°C and 5V at 45°C, before it is fed into the ADC. Then even a good 8bit ADC might suffice and noise problems will play a much smaller role, than when connecting the sensor to a 16bit ADC, without any signal conditioning!!

This circuit can sit in the same enclosure as your micro board, but needs a separate mains transformer. Use a safety class II transformer (safety transformer) and keep this circuit totally separated from other circuitry.
Also, try to keep the temperature sensor being galvanically isolated to skin, to further decrease any risk of harm.

Kai

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TopicAuthorDate
Amenic Temp Controller,            01/01/70 00:00      
   how do you read the ADC?            01/01/70 00:00      
      By Polling DRDY!            01/01/70 00:00      
         can't DRDY be connected to an int?            01/01/70 00:00      
   Sample rate.            01/01/70 00:00      
   16 bit ADC            01/01/70 00:00      
   Safety!!!!!            01/01/70 00:00      
   Classic Problem            01/01/70 00:00      
      Why not spend $0.82 and add a cheap micr            01/01/70 00:00      
         As I suggested            01/01/70 00:00      
            If it were me.            01/01/70 00:00      
               More!            01/01/70 00:00      
                  you MUST have a double security. I woul            01/01/70 00:00      
                     Life support            01/01/70 00:00      
                        Ameni            01/01/70 00:00      
                           Thanks Steve            01/01/70 00:00      
                  Overkill            01/01/70 00:00      
                     Kai,Steve,Erik,Farshid            01/01/70 00:00      
                        What kind of temp sensor?            01/01/70 00:00      
                           Sensor            01/01/70 00:00      
                              Some questions            01/01/70 00:00      
                                 Damned good idea.            01/01/70 00:00      
                                 Answers.            01/01/70 00:00      
                                    The heater heats up and heats up and ...            01/01/70 00:00      
                        Tehran 2001            01/01/70 00:00      
                           I Am Sorry Steve!            01/01/70 00:00      
                              Mehdi, you have evaded all posts re safe            01/01/70 00:00      
                                 I want...            01/01/70 00:00      
                                    In either of these cases I fear for your            01/01/70 00:00      
                                       Safety            01/01/70 00:00      
                                          Re: safety            01/01/70 00:00      
                  Again safety            01/01/70 00:00      
                     Incentive scheme            01/01/70 00:00      
                        No pursuing available            01/01/70 00:00      
                           Thanks Farshid            01/01/70 00:00      
      Thank You All            01/01/70 00:00      
         Mail            01/01/70 00:00      
            Hi Farshid            01/01/70 00:00      
         Please post solution            01/01/70 00:00      

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