AN3260 Buliding a thermometer using the STM8S-Discovery.pdfVIP

AN3260 Application note Building a thermometer using the STM8S-DISCOVERY Application overview This application demonstrates how to build a simple thermometer based on the STM8S- DISCOVERY and the LM235 precision temperature sensor. The STM8S105C6T6 microcontroller reads the temperature values and transmits them through the UART interface. The temperature values are then displayed on a terminal window (possibly based on Windows HyperTerminal) of a PC connected to the UART through an RS232 cable. Once the STM8S-DISCOVERY is powered up through an USB cable connected to the host PC, an informative message is displayed on the terminal window and the user is prompted to enter minimum and maximum temperature thresholds. The current temperature is displayed on the terminal window every minute together with a warning message when the temperature is out of range. The minimum and maximum values of the temperature over one-hour period are recorded in the MCU data EEPROM once per hour. They can be displayed any time by pressing a pushbutton. Even if it is built on an STM8S105C6T6, the STM8S-DISCOVERY can be used to evaluate the main features of all STM8S microcontrollers. Reference documents STM8S-DISCOVERY evaluation board user manual (UM0817). Developing and debugging your STM8S-DISCOVERY application code user manual (UM0834). LM235 precision temperature sensor datasheet ST232C