Arduino code not working

Question

Basically its an arduino project in which i am using an analog temperature sensor ky 013. The sensor is reading the temperatures correctly but what i want is to print the temperatures showed on the serial monitor to a lcd screen. I did the wiring and everything correctly but there is something wrong with the code which i couldnt figure out. Here is the code.

#include <math.h>
#include <LiquidCrystal.h>
LiquidCrystal lcd = LiquidCrystal(12, 11, 5, 4, 3, 2);
const int sensorPin = A0; 
int switchState=0;
double Thermistor(int RawADC) 
{
 double Temp;
 Temp = log(((10240000/RawADC) - 10000));
 Temp = 1 / (0.001129148 + (0.000234125 + (0.0000000876741 * Temp * Temp ))* Temp );
 Temp = Temp - 273.15; 
 return Temp;
}
void setup() 
{
 Serial.begin(9600);
 lcd.begin(16, 2);
 pinMode(sensorPin,INPUT);
}
void loop() 
{
 switchState=digitalRead(sensorPin);
 int readVal=analogRead(sensorPin);
 double temp = Thermistor(readVal);
 Serial.print("Temp. : ");
 Serial.print(temp); 
 Serial.println(" Celsius");
 lcd.clear();
 lcd.setCursor(0,0);
 lcd.print("Temp: ");
 lcd.print(temp);
 lcd.print(" C");
 delay(500);
}

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• Avamander: Have you checked if the pin defining is right for the LCD?
• Dave X: Does the lcd show "Temp: " as expected?

Answer 1

Please format your code. I know it takes longer, but the payoff is in readability and maintainability. It's well worth the extra effort.

LiquidCrystal lcd = LiquidCrystal(12, 11, 5, 4, 3, 2);
const int sensorPin = A0;
int switchState = 0;
double Thermistor(int RawADC)
{
 double Temp;
 Temp = log(((10240000 / RawADC) - 10000));
 Temp = 1 / (0.001129148 + (0.000234125 + (0.0000000876741 * Temp * Temp)) * Temp);
 Temp = Temp - 273.15;
 return Temp;
}
void setup()
{
 Serial.begin(9600);
 lcd.begin(16, 2);
 pinMode(sensorPin, INPUT);
}
void loop()
{
 switchState = digitalRead(sensorPin);
 int readVal = analogRead(sensorPin);
 double temp = Thermistor(readVal);
 Serial.print("Temp. : ");
 Serial.print(temp);
 Serial.println(" Celsius");
 lcd.clear();
 lcd.setCursor(0, 0);
 lcd.print("Temp: ");
 lcd.print(temp);
 lcd.print(" C");
 delay(500);
}

I think the problem is the

lcd.print(temp);

Try casting it to a float from a double (and two decimal places). Maybe you just need the decimal places.

lcd.print((float)temp, 2);