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esikich • yesterday at 1:34 PM • 1 reply • view on HN

Regarding accuracy, it's been about a decade, but I did some embedded projects related to accurate temperature measurements back in the day. From what I recall, anything sensor that is < $100 or so is going to be 5% margin of error at the very best, and regardless of price, you're going to have to calibrate it and figure out the curves in your ADC, it's not going to be linear. Additionally, just the act of measuring will heat your sensor slightly so that will need to be taken into account as well.

In short, if you need less than a couple degrees of accuracy, it's going to take a bit of tinkering. I wouldn't trust a $1 sensor for a tropical fish tank, for example, but probably good enough for a home thermostat.


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spogbiper • yesterday at 3:12 PM

I've used these: https://sensirion.com/media/documents/213E6A3B/63A5A569/Data...

They claim accuracy of +-0.2 c across a wide temperature range and in my use they seem to be. easy to find on a support board for under $10

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