What are the advantages of digital sensors?
While certain kinds of monitoring have some analog components, in general the Tempurity System uses digital components. Temperature is measured with integrated circuits rather than with resistive techniques like thermocouples or thermistors. Resistive techniques need correction factors to account for nonlinearities or temperature effects. These correction factors change over time based on length of wire, electric interference, and other factors. In contrast, digital technology is less subject to interference of any kind. If severe interference did occur, with a damaged wire for example, the digital probe would either read correctly or not read at all whereas the analog probe is more likely to return an “altered” or “affected” value. Digital sensors also have unique functions not normally associated with analog sensors like embedded unique IDs that can be used to enhance the quality of metrology and calibration.
