A system comprising a control system coupled to a thermal system , the thermal system comprising a heater, a plurality of nodes , a plurality of power wires , and a plurality of signal wires , whereby: the heater comprises a plurality of heating resistor circuits , each of the heating resistor circuits having a first termination end and a second termination end , the plurality of heating resistor circuits defining a number of heating resistor circuits R n ; the plurality of nodes connect the plurality of heating resistor circuits at each of the first and second termination ends , the plurality of nodes defining a number of nodes N n ; the plurality of power wires connected to each of the plurality of nodes to provide power to the plurality of heating resistor circuits , the plurality of power wires defining a number of power wires P n ; the plurality of signal wires connected to each of the plurality of nodes to sense a temperature of each of the plurality of heating resistor circuits , the plurality of signal wires defining a number of signal wires S n ; wherein the number of power wires P n and the number of signal wires S n is equal to the number of nodes N n , and the number of heating resistor circuits R n is greater than or equal to the number of nodes N n ; wherein each of the plurality of nodes is connected to one power wire from among the plurality of power wires and one signal wire from among the plurality of signal wires , said power wire being different from said signal wire; characterized in that the control system is connected to the plurality of signal wires and the plurality of power wires , and the control system is connected to the plurality of nodes via the plurality of signal wires and the plurality of power wires , and in that the control system provides a power signal or a ground signal to the power wires, and the control system measures a resistance of each of the heating resistor circuits using the plurality of signal wires and calculates temperature of each of the heating resistor circuits using the resistance. the heater comprises a plurality of heating resistor circuits , each of the heating resistor circuits having a first termination end and a second termination end , the plurality of heating resistor circuits defining a number of heating resistor circuits R n ; the plurality of nodes connect the plurality of heating resistor circuits at each of the first and second termination ends , the plurality of nodes defining a number of nodes N n ; the plurality of power wires connected to each of the plurality of nodes to provide power to the plurality of heating resistor circuits , the plurality of power wires defining a number of power wires P n ; the plurality of signal wires connected to each of the plurality of nodes to sense a temperature of each of the plurality of heating resistor circuits , the plurality of signal wires defining a number of signal wires S n ; wherein the number of power wires P n and the number of signal wires S n is equal to the number of nodes N n , and the number of heating resistor circuits R n is greater than or equal to the number of nodes N n ; wherein each of the plurality of nodes is connected to one power wire from among the plurality of power wires and one signal wire from among the plurality of signal wires , said power wire being different from said signal wire; characterized in that the control system is connected to the plurality of signal wires and the plurality of power wires , and the control system is connected to the plurality of nodes via the plurality of signal wires and the plurality of power wires , and in that the control system provides a power signal or a ground signal to the power wires, and the control system measures a resistance of each of the heating resistor circuits using the plurality of signal wires and calculates temperature of each of the heating resistor circuits using the resistance. <EOS>