Control unit and method of making the same

Claim 1

In a temperature regulating control unit comprising a RTD temperature sensor means, for applying electrical signal means to said sensor means, and a microcomputer for receiving digital signal means from said sensor means in relation to the temperature being sensed by said sensor means, the improvement wherein said means for applying electrical signal means to said sensor means has means for applying a varying to said sensor means and for comparing the resultant current level through said sensor means at certain values of said voltage applied thereto with a fixed reference current level that has been predetermined as being the current level that would exist through said sensor means when that particular certain voltage is being applied to said sensor means while said sensor means would be sensing a particular certain temperature within a predetermined temperature range, said means for applying electrical signal means to said sensor means having means to apply said varying voltage to said sensor means in one of an increasing manner and a decreasing manner from a starting voltage until a particular certain voltage is applied to said sensor means that creates a current level through said sensor means that substantially equals said fixed reference current level whereby said microcomputer will receive said digital signal means in a manner to determine the actual temperature being sensed by said sensor means at that time and when said actual temperature is within said temperature range.