Small temperature sensor suits tight applications

Small size and the low power requirement make the TMP102 suitable for portable consumer electronics and other battery-powered end equipment.

Texas Instruments a small, low-power digital temperature sensor with an SMBus/two-wire serial interface.

Packaged in an SOT563, which is only 0.6mm tall including the leads, the TMP102 is 30% smaller than other leaded devices available today.

The sensor features quiescent current of 10uA (maximum) in the active mode and 1uA (maximum) in the shutdown mode.

Its small size and the low power requirement make the TMP102 suitable for portable consumer electronics and other battery-powered end equipment.

The TMP102 is well-suited for applications where space is at a premium such as laptop thermal protection, mobile phones and portable fitness equipment.

The sensor is powered from a supply range of 1.4 to 3.6V, so it can take advantage of an existing 1.8V power bus and be added to any system with a minimum of external passives.

The TMP102 has an address pin that can be used in combination with SDA and SCL to generate four different addresses, allowing up to four TMP102 sensors to be on the same SMBus.

The sensor also includes a SMB alert function.

The TMP102 is typically accurate to 0.5C over the temperature range from -25C to +85C.

The 12bit resolution of the sensor provides a measurement precision of 0.0625C.

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