Project 27 · Sensor Catalog (Vol III)

NTC Thermistor (10k)

Turn heat into data by building a custom digital thermometer using an NTC thermistor and a voltage divider circuit.

Easy 30 min 5 components
NTC Thermistor (10k) wiring diagram

What you'll learn

  • Understand the working principle of a Negative Temperature Coefficient (NTC) resistor.
  • Be able to build and calculate a Voltage Divider circuit for analog sensing.
  • Convert raw 10-bit ADC values into meaningful physical units (Celsius).
  • Interpret 'Inverse Relationships' in electronics where resistance drops as temperature rises.

What's in the kit

  • Arduino UNO
  • 10k NTC Thermistor
  • 10k Ohm Resistor (Fixed)
  • BreadboardJumper Wires×5
  • Breadboard

Protocol: analog