The MEU provides three analog channels designed to support thermistors.
Thermistors are devices that change electrical resistance as temperature changes.
The resistance usually changes exponentially with temperature. The MEU measure the temperature and comes up with a 12-bit binary number. Since the thermistor curve is not linear, the accuracy decreases at the extremes. Figure 6.1 show a typical thermistor curve. Other thermsitors may be used, but a new thermistor data curve will need to be generated by the experimenter.