[SOLVED] How to calculate temperature value

[Kick]

Hii,

How to calculate temperature value from hexadecimal output. I am using ADXL362 accelerometer(in-built temp.sensor). Getting result of B3 01. Resolution is 12-bit.

There is one equation, Temp.value in degree C = offset+(counts/scale). here count is decimal value of output. Is this right equation? If I used offset value in datasheet,getting higher values.

https://www.analog.com/media/en/technical-documentation/data-sheets/ADXL362.pdf

 

[KlausST]

Hi,

you are asking about calculating form hex into decimal?

hex --> Dec
0 --> 0
8 --> 8
A --> 10
F --> 15
10 --> 16
15 --> 21
20 --> 32
A0 --> 160
FF --> 255
100 --> 256
200 --> 512

Hex value from right to left:
the most right has multplier of 16^0 = 1
then 16^1 =16
then 16^2 = 256
then 16^3 = 4096
then 16^4 = 65536
...

Klaus

 

[cfant]

That is easy. Here is th example which you can get from Analog devices web site:

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float ADXL362_ReadTemperature(void)
{
    unsigned char rawTempData[2] = {0, 0};
    short         signedTemp = 0;
    float         tempCelsius = 0;
 
    ADXL362_GetRegisterValue(rawTempData, ADXL362_REG_TEMP_L, 2);
    signedTemp = (short)(rawTempData[1] << 8) + rawTempData[0];
    tempCelsius = (float)signedTemp * 0.065;
    
    return tempCelsius;
}

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https://wiki.analog.com/resources/tools-software/uc-drivers/renesas/adxl362

Using your values that would be 28.6 degrees.

 

[Kick]

Thanks for your reply. But could you please explain how did you get 28.6 degree (by equation)? I am not expert in programing part.

 

[KlausST]

Hi,

In line 8 cfant forms one 16 bit value of the two 8 bit values:
0x01 is shifted 8 bits left to get 0x0100, then 0xB3 is added giving a value of 0x01B3.
= 0 × 4096 + 1 × 256 + 11 × 16 + 3 = 435 ( there is no need to form it to decimal value, because the microcontroller calculates with binarv values. A hex digit is represented directely by 4 binary digits, therefore there is no need to transform.

435 × 0.065 = 28.275 . This value is stored i a floating point variable.


Klaus

 

[Kick]

Thank you very much KlausST. I got it. So now I understand that my output is correct. :smile: So I think it's time to do "Mark as Solved".