These plots shows the relationship
between temperature and resistance for the MAT and Coolant sensors.
These GM sensors use a thermistor as the sensing element. Typically
a thermistor is very non-linear. That fact is very obvious looking
at these plots. Why GM chose a thermistor with so little sensitivity
in the needed temperature range is a bit of a puzzle. The MAT sensor
is a little better off than the Coolant which is good because it is more
important. Air temperature is a key element in determining air density.
The coolant is only used for warm-up enrichment. The second plot
is just expanded a little around the normal operating range.
These two plots are the same as the above but the output is in ADC counts rather than resistance. The second is just expanded a little.
; ; Temp Res Vadc ADC ; -40 93000 4.18 214 ; -20 45000 4.06 208 ; 0 24200 3.87 198 ; 20 12850 3.57 183 ; 40 7130 3.15 161 ; 50 5736 2.97 152 ; 60 4182 2.69 138 ; 70 3207 2.44 125 ; 80 2543 2.22 114 ; 90 1957 1.98 101 ; 100 1577 1.79 92 ; 110 1260 1.60 82 ; 120 1028 1.45 74 ; 130 814 1.29 66 ; 140 666 1.18 60 ; 150 557 1.08 55 ; 160 445 0.98 50 ; 170 366 0.90 46 ; 180 317 0.85 44 ; 185 289 0.83 42 ; 189 260 0.80 41 ; 193 248 0.78 40 ; 200 230 0.76 39 ; 203 206 0.74 38 ; 220 162 0.69 35 ; 248 106 0.63 32 ; 284 64 0.58 30