[time-nuts] T-Bolt Temperature

[Bob Camp]

Hi

Just in case this inadvertently heads of in the wrong direction….

Lady Heather displays exactly what the TBolt firmware comes up with. The disconnect with the new sensor chip is between the TBolt firmware and the chip it's self.

Bob

On Aug 16, 2012, at 10:37 PM, Arthur Dent <golgarfrincham at yahoo.com> wrote:

>> Do you know the part number of a chip to replace the DS1620?
> 
> The part number is the same, DS1620. What is important is the 
> revision of the DS1620. When Dallas Semiconductor/Maxim 
> 'improved' the chip and went from REV-D (or D2) to REV-E they
> made a change in the way the data was sent to the outside world. 
> Lady Heather displays the temperature from REV-E chips in 
> distinct step instead of a smooth curve.
> 
>  I have used REV-C2 chips as replacement and they work just 
> fine. Note the chip revision has little or nothing to do with the 
> Trimble REV letter on the outside of the Thunderbolt case, the 
> latest Thunderbolt revision from 2005 just happens to be a 
> REV-E.
> 
> -Arthur
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