Welcome to the Analog Devices MAX3185x Family of Thermocouple-to-Digital Converters product training module. A brief tutorial of the technology and advantages of thermocouples will be presented. Despite these advantages, there are difficult challenges facing the designer to convert the thermocouple signal into a format that can be comprehended by a microcontroller. To solve this problem, Analog Devices introduces the MAX3185x family, monolithic solutions that can replace up to 6 components in the discrete design.