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Project: Temperature Logger

Sense, store, display.

Read a temperature sensor with the ADC every minute, convert the reading with fixed-point maths and add a timestamp from the real-time clock.

Store each record in external flash, and show the latest value on a character display. Sleep between readings to save power.

Test by warming the sensor in your hand and confirm the value rises.