Merge pull request #9 from CapableRobot/low_temp_fix

Fix for below 0C measurements with nominal resistance other than 100 ohms
adafruit · Jan 8, 2020 · 17c638c · 17c638c
2 parents 95bc559 + 207e1f7
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diff --git a/adafruit_max31865.py b/adafruit_max31865.py
@@ -246,6 +246,11 @@ def temperature(self):
         temp = (math.sqrt(temp) + Z1) / Z4
         if temp >= 0:
             return temp
+
+        # For the following math to work, nominal RTD resistance must be normalized to 100 ohms
+        raw_reading /= self.rtd_nominal
+        raw_reading *= 100
+
         rpoly = raw_reading
         temp = -242.02
         temp += 2.2228 * rpoly