ELM331 Solid State Thermostat Description Features The ELM331 is a complete temperature measurement and control system in an 8 pin package. This integrated circuit is designed to compare two resistances and drive an output pin depending on the relative value of each. Typically, one of the resistors will be an NTC thermistor, and the other one will be a temperature independent resistor (whether fixed or variable). When the magnitude of the resistance connected to pin 2 exceeds the value of the resistance connected to pin 3, the output pin will be driven to a high state. Hysteresis maintains the output in that state until the relative values differ by approximately 8% (or typically 2°C for a 10KΩ thermistor). To reduce the possibility of sporadic outputs, a condition must exist for three successive cycles, or 6 seconds, before the output pin can change state. • • • • • • • Low power CMOS design - typically 1mA at 5V Wide supply range - 3.0 to 5.5 volt operation Built-in proportional hysteresis Measurement in progress output Time delay on operate improves noise immunity Internal pullup resistor on the reset input High current drive outputs - up to 25 mA Connection Diagram PDIP and SOIC (top view) Applications • Primary thermostat in temperature control systems • Staging control for auxiliary heating or cooling installations • Under or over temperature alarms VDD 1 8 VSS R1 2 7 Out R2 3 6 MIP reset 4 5 Cap Block Diagram VDD reset 4 Watchdog Timer Control Measurement in Progress (busy) 2 3 R1 ELM331DSB MIP 7 Out Overrange R2 5 6 Analog to Digital Converter R1 > R2 3 Consecutive Measurements Elm Electronics – Circuits for the Hobbyist < http://www.elmelectronics.com/ > 1 of 4 ELM331 Pin Descriptions VDD (pin 1) This pin is the positive supply pin, and should always be the most positive point in the circuit. Internal circuitry connected to this pin is used to provide power on reset of the microprocessor, so an external reset signal is normally not required. Refer to the Electrical Characteristics section for further information. R1 (pin 2) One of the two resistance input pins. A temperature dependent resistance is usually connected to this input for heating or undertemperature alarm type applications. When the value of this resistor is greater than the value of the resistance connected to pin 3 (for three successive measurements) the output will be driven high. Cap (pin 5) Temperature measurements are made by determining the time to charge and discharge this integrating capacitor. Pin 5 forces the capacitor to a known voltage for these measurements though, resulting in large current flows. To limit these capacitor currents, and protect the ELM331, a series resistor must be connected to this pin. The value of the resistance, and of the capacitance, is not critical to the measurements. MIP (pin 6) This pin provides a logic high level output while the ELM331 is busy (measurements are in progress). It is suitable for directly driving an LED through a current limiting resistor. As a warning, this output pulses rapidly if either resistor input is found to be open circuited. R2 (pin 3) The reference resistance is connected to this pin for heating applications, and the temperature dependent resistance is connected here for cooling applications. The other end of this resistor is connected to the integrating capacitor. Out (pin 7) The output pin assumes a logic high state once the resistance of R1 exceeds that of R2 for three successive measurement cycles. The output is maintained until R1 is less than R2 by the hysteresis amount for an additional three counts. reset (pin 4) The active low reset input. An internal pullup resistor is provided for convenience. If unused, this pin may be connected to VDD or left open. VSS (pin 8) Circuit common is connected to this pin. This is the most negative point in the circuit. Ordering Information These integrated circuits are available in either the 300 mil plastic DIP format, or in the 200 mil SOIC surface mount type of package. To order, add the appropriate suffix to the part number: 300 mil Plastic DIP............................... ELM331P 200 mil SOIC..................................... ELM331SM All rights reserved. Copyright ©1999 Elm Electronics. Every effort is made to verify the accuracy of information provided in this document, but no representation or warranty can be given and no liability assumed by Elm Electronics with respect to the accuracy and/or use of any products or information described in this document. Elm Electronics will not be responsible for any patent infringements arising from the use of these products or information, and does not authorize or warrant the use of any Elm Electronics product in life support devices and/or systems. Elm Electronics reserves the right to make changes to the device(s) described in this document in order to improve reliability, function, or design. ELM331DSB Elm Electronics – Circuits for the Hobbyist < http://www.elmelectronics.com/ > 2 of 4 ELM331 Absolute Maximum Ratings Storage Temperature....................... -65°C to +150°C Note: Stresses beyond those listed here will likely damage the device. These values are given as a design guideline only. The ability to operate to these levels is neither inferred nor recommended. Ambient Temperature with Power Applied....................................-40°C to +85°C Voltage on VDD with respect to VSS............ 0 to +7.5V Voltage on any other pin with respect to VSS........................... -0.6V to (VDD + 0.6V) Electrical Characteristics All values are for operation at 25°C and a 5V supply, unless otherwise noted. For further information, refer to note 1 below. Characteristic Minimum Typical Supply Voltage, VDD 3.0 5.0 VDD rate of rise 0.05 Average Supply Current, IDD Maximum Units 5.5 Frequency of measurements V V/ms 1.0 0.6 see note 2 mA mA VDD = 5V, see note 3 sec see note 4 600 KΩ see note 5 see note 6 2.4 2.4 2.0 470 Conditions VDD = 3V, see note 3 Reset pin internal pullup resistance 300 R1C or R2C time constant 500 500,000 µs Input low voltage - reset pin VSS 0.15 VDD V Input high voltage - reset pin 0.85 VDD VDD V 0.6 V Current (sink) = 8.7mA V Current (source) = 5.4mA Output low voltage Output high voltage VDD - 0.7 Notes: 1. This integrated circuit is produced with a Microchip Technology Inc.’s PIC12C5XX as the core embedded microcontroller. For further device specifications, and possibly clarification of those given, please refer to the appropriate Microchip documentation. 2. This spec must be met in order to ensure that a correct power on reset occurs. It is quite easily achieved using most common types of supplies, but may be violated if one uses a slowly varying supply voltage, as may be obtained through direct connection to solar cells, or some charge pump circuits. 3. Device only. Does not include any LED or drive currents. 4. If a measured resistance is determined to be out of limits, the frequency of measurements is increased to provide visual feedback as well as a faster recovery. 5. The value of the pullup resistance is supply and temperature dependent. 6. One should also maintain R 1 and R2 to not less than about 5KΩ. When C is chosen, select the pin 5 current limiting resistance so that RLIMC is less than 1msec, and RLIM is greater than 1KΩ. ELM331DSB Elm Electronics – Circuits for the Hobbyist < http://www.elmelectronics.com/ > 3 of 4 ELM331 Example Application Figure 1 shows the ELM331 in an example heating control circuit. A closed contact output occurs whenever the temperature measured by RTEMP falls to a value less than that determined by RSET. It is anticipated that this type of circuit could possibly be used to control temperatures over the range of -40°C to +40°C. currents. Generally the integrated circuit can be adequately protected by mounting a small value (220 Ω) resistor physically close to the ELM331 as shown below. Take into account it’s value when determining the setpoint, though. For this design, RSET was selected to be equal to the resistance of RTEMP at 10°C, so that the relay contact closes for any measured temperatures less than 10°C. The resistance value was determined from specs given by the manufacturer, but could have been determined experimentally as well. Power for the circuit is from a 12V supply, that is reduced to 5V by the 78L05 regulator. This gives a stable supply voltage for the ELM331, as well as convenient voltage for use with a standard relay coil. The type of relay is not important, as long as consideration is given to its coil requirements, and the capabilities of the ELM331. In this example, a relay with a 400Ω coil resistance was chosen so that a 2N3904 could drive it directly. An LED has been provided for visual feedback of the circuit operation. It is connected to the ‘measurement in progress’ output, so that it is energized each time a measurement is being made. Typically, this would be for about 25mS every 2 seconds. Temperature measuring is performed by RTEMP, which is a negative temperature coefficient type thermistor. It has a resistance of 10KΩ at 25°C, and this value decreases with increasing temperature. This value was chosen both because it is commonly available, and because it limits the 0.1µF integrating capacitor currents to less than 1mA over the typical range of operation (keeping the thermistor self-heating to a minimum). Variations on this circuit could easily be made… Simply by reversing RSET and RTEMP, one obtains a cooling control thermostat… Rather than a relay output, the circuit could have been connected directly to other logic circuits. The measurement in progress pin could then be used either as an interrupt, or as a busy flag that can clock in new results on it’s falling edge… Battery backup is another option that could be added to this circuit, but then consideration should be given to using the ELM341 Low Power Thermostat… If the thermistor is mounted any appreciable distance from the ELM331, consideration must be given to cabling effects such as capacitive and induced +12V +12V 12V Relay 78L05 0.1µF To the heating control 1N4001 0.1µF 1 8 2 7 3 6 4 5 2.2KΩ 2N3904 see text RTEMP 10KΩ @25°C 560Ω RSET 18KΩ 10KΩ LED 0.1µF Figure 1. Backup Heating Control Thermostat ELM331DSB Elm Electronics – Circuits for the Hobbyist < http://www.elmelectronics.com/ > 4 of 4