TCR
Temperature Coefficient of Resistance. TCR tells how much the resistance of a resistor
changes as the temperature of the resistor changes. The unit of TCR is ppm/°C (parts-per-
million per degree Celsius). A positive TCR means that resistance increases as temperature
increases. For example, a resistor with a specification of 10 ppm/°C will not increase in res-
istance by more than 0.000010 Ω per ohm over a 1 °C increase of the resistor temperature
or by more than .00010 Ω per ohm over a 10 °C increase.
Telnet
A software utility that attempts to contact and interrogate another specific device in a net-
work. Telnet is resident in Windows OS.
terminal
Point at which a wire (or wires) connects to a wiring panel or connector. Wires are usually
secured in terminals by screw- or lever-and-spring actuated gates with small screw- or
spring-loaded clamps.
terminal emulator
A command-line shell that facilitates the issuance of low-level commands to a datalogger
or some other compatible device. A terminal emulator is available in most datalogger sup-
port software available from Campbell Scientific.
thermistor
A thermistor is a temperature measurement device with a resistive element that changes
in resistance with temperature. The change is wide, stable, and well characterized. The
output of a thermistor is usually non-linear, so measurement requires linearization by
means of a Steinhart-Hart or polynomial equation. CRBasic instructions Therm107(),
Therm108(), and Therm109() use Steinhart-Hart equations.
throughput rate
Rate that a measurement can be taken, scaled to engineering units, and the stored in a
final-memory data table. The datalogger has the ability to scan sensors at a rate exceed-
ing the throughput rate. The primary factor determining throughput rate is the pro-
cessing programmed into the CRBasic program. In sequential-mode operation, all
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