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FIRE SENSOR (Thermistor) :-: Normal Circuit Inverted Circuit

The document discusses how a fire sensor operates using a thermistor temperature sensor. The thermistor produces a voltage signal that increases as temperature increases in a normal circuit, but decreases as temperature increases in an inverted circuit. The thermistor is a negative temperature coefficient sensor whose resistance decreases as temperature rises. It is part of a potential divider circuit where its position determines if the output is normal or inverted.

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FIRE SENSOR (Thermistor) :-: Normal Circuit Inverted Circuit

The document discusses how a fire sensor operates using a thermistor temperature sensor. The thermistor produces a voltage signal that increases as temperature increases in a normal circuit, but decreases as temperature increases in an inverted circuit. The thermistor is a negative temperature coefficient sensor whose resistance decreases as temperature rises. It is part of a potential divider circuit where its position determines if the output is normal or inverted.

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Vishu Grover
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FIRE SENSOR(thermistor):-

How does it operate?


Usually the temperature sensor produces a voltage signal that increases as the temperature
increases. The inverted temperature sensor (cold sensor) produces a voltage signal that
increases as the temperature decreases.
If the temperature sensor is being used with a digital process unit then it needs to be followed
by a comparator or Schmitt inverter to give a sharp change of signal from low to high.

Normal circuit

Inverted circuit
The temperature sensing circuit uses an
NTC (negative-temperature coefficient)
thermistor to monitor temperature.


The resistance of a NTC thermistor falls as
its temperature increases.
Click on the circuit diagram to download a Livewire
file of the circuit that you can investigate and add to
your own circuit.
The temperature sensor circuit is a potential
divider whose output voltage is determined
by the upper and lower parts of the circuit.
In the normal circuit, the thermistor is placed in the upper half of the potential divider. In the
inverted circuit, the thermistor is placed in the lower half of the potential divider.

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