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Pt1000

A Pt1000 is a platinum RTD with a nominal resistance of 1000 Ω at 0 °C. rtd_sensor.pt1000 uses the verified IEC 60751 PT-385 characteristic over -200 °C to 850 °C.

Quick use

from rtd_sensor import pt1000

resistance_ohms = pt1000.celsius_to_resistance(100.0)
temperature_c = pt1000.resistance_to_celsius(resistance_ohms)

Why its resistance change is larger

Pt100, Pt500, and Pt1000 share the same normalized characteristic. Scaling the reference resistance scales the absolute resistance curve. Near the same temperature, a Pt1000 therefore changes by roughly ten times as many ohms per degree as a Pt100.

You can inspect that directly:

from rtd_sensor import pt100, pt1000

print(pt100.resistance_sensitivity_ohms_per_celsius(25.0))
print(pt1000.resistance_sensitivity_ohms_per_celsius(25.0))

Do not confuse Pt1000 with Ni1000

Both may read about 1000 Ω at 0 °C, but platinum and nickel characteristics are not interchangeable. Use the documented sensor characteristic, not nominal resistance alone.