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MSP430F6734A: What is the Internal Temperature sensor accuracy with TLV calibration data

Part Number: MSP430F6734A

Hello,

I'm trying to read Temperature sensor value that is calibrated by TI.

I use two calibration points provided by TLV located at 01A00h.

But my problem is that we always get around 10 degree difference between what MSP430 measures and actual.

Fluke 289 measures MSP430 temperature as -20C, but MSP430 internal sensor returns -6C. (while environment temperature is steady for 3-4 hours)

Fluke 289 measures MSP430 temperature as +60C, but MSP430 internal sensor returns 67C.

Fluke gets the temperature just top of the MSP430. And the MCU consumes 5mA only with  8Mhz MCLK at the time of measurement, I don't think it heats itself.

What I believe that internal temperature sensor accuracy after the TLV calibration data is 3 degree. So 10 degree is not acceptable. What could be the potential problem?

ADC10CTL0 = 0;
ADC10CTL0 = ADC10SHT_7 | ADC10ON;			// S&H=192 ADC clks; Enable ADC10, temperature sample period must be greater than 30 us, so min s/h is 168 adcclk
ADC10CTL1 = ADC10SHP;						// MODCLK = 5.6Mhz max from internal UCS
ADC10CTL2 = ADC10RES;						// 10-bit conversion results
ADC10MCTL0 = ADC10SREF_1 | ADC10INCH_10;	// internal Vref+, A10 temp. sensor

REFCTL0 = REFMSTR | REFVSEL_1 | REFON;		// Select internal ref = 2.0V
__delay_cycles(750u);						// provide delay for reference settling ~75us

// Enable ADC10 and start conversion
ADC10CTL0 |= ADC10ENC | ADC10SC;
while (ADC10CTL1 & ADC10BUSY) { }

s32 temperature_adc_val = ADC10MEM0;
ADC10CTL0 &= ~ADC10ENC;
temperature_adc_val = ((temperature_adc_val - m_DeviceDesc.Content.ADC20T30) * (85L - 30L) * 4096L / (m_DeviceDesc.Content.ADC20T85 - m_DeviceDesc.Content.ADC20T30)) + (4096L * 30L);
temperature_adc_val /= 4096L;
if ((temperature_adc_val >= -45L) && (temperature_adc_val <= 90L))
{
	// update temperature value if it is in the range, otherwise keeps previous value
	*TEMPE = temperature_adc_val;
}

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typedef struct 
{
	u8	InfoLength;              // 1A00h	1
	u8	CRCLength;               // 1A01h	1
	u16	CRCValue;                // 1A02h	2
	u16	DeviceID;                // 1A04h	2
	u8	HardwareRevision;        // 1A06h	1
	u8	FirmwareRevision;        // 1A07h	1
	u8	DieRecordTag;            // 1A08h	1
	u8	DieRecordLength;         // 1A09h	1
	u32	LotID;                   // 1A0Ah	4
	u16	XPosition;               // 1A0Eh	2
	u16	YPosition;               // 1A10h	2
	u16	TestResult;		         // 1A12h	2
	u8	ADCCalibrationTag;       // 1A14h	1
	u8	ADCCalibrationLength;    // 1A15h	1
	s16	ADCGainFactor;           // 1A16h	2
	s16	ADCOffset;               // 1A18h	2
	s16	ADC15T30;                // 1A1Ah	2
	s16	ADC15T85;                // 1A1Ch	2
	s16	ADC20T30;                // 1A1Eh	2
	s16	ADC20T85;                // 1A20h	2
	s16	ADC25T30;                // 1A22h	2
	s16	ADC25T85;                // 1A24h	2
} TDeviceDescriptors;

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