SBOS486I July 2009 – December 2018 TMP303
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Heat detectors are needed in building automation. Conventional heat detectors need cables to supply power and send the information back to a central system. Adding cables can be very costly and technically challenging in old buildings, this leads to wireless battery operated heat detectors as preferred solutions. Running on battery requires designing a very low power system for long haul. TMP303 can be used to design a low power heat detector due to its very low quiescent current (5 µA maximum). The TMP303 device does not require any additional components and can be interfaced with the MCU using only one GPIO. As an example, a wireless transceiver with internal MCU can be used to monitor the TMP303 and communicate with a central system or turn on an alarm in case of temperatures exceeding the trip-point. Figure 18 shows typical connections.