FPΣ User's Manual 
 
3.5 Thermistor Input Functions 
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3.5  Thermistor Input Functions 
CPU types whose part number ends in TM have lead wires that accept thermistor input, in 
place of analog volume. You can connect a thermistor to these lead wires and load changes 
in the thermistor’s resistance as analog input. 
Loading of thermistor input 
Changes in the resistance of an externally connected thermistor are read in as changes in 
voltage. Then, an AD converter with a microcomputer is used to load these as digital values.  
The converted digital values are stored in special data registers DT90040 and DT90041 and 
can be read by the user program.  
 
 
Block diagram: 
V REF
V IN
GND
FPΣ 
3.3V
3.3V
2.2kW
 
 
1
 
Lead wire (red) 
2
 
Lead wire (black) 
3
 
Thermistor 
The space between the thermistor input and the power supply connector (24V) is not isolated; 
the red lead wire is connected to the 3.3V power supply, the black to V IN. 
Total precision 
Total precision = (total precision of microcomputer in AD converter: ±5 LSB
1)
) + (precision of 
thermistor) 
1)
 ± 5 LSB indicates a margin of error of ± 5 for the post-A/D conversion value (0-1000). 
Conversion formula 
The following formula is used to convert the thermistor resistance into a digital value. 
The range of the digital conversion value is 0-1000. 
R [kΩ] =
(x + 12)
1024 x 2.2
- 2.2
 
R 
Thermistor resistance 
x 
Digital value