Inside the chip are two temperature sensors, one for the thermocouple itself (the hot junction) and one for the chip itself (the cold junction).
The MCP9600 can read both the ambient temperature and the temperature of whatever you're trying to measure!
Temperature Range of -200°C to 1350°C. Resolution of 0.0625°C. PCC Connector for K-Type Thermocouple. ADDR Jumper for variable I2C Addresses (default address of 0x60). 2x Qwiic Connectors
Four Onboard Temperature Alerts that you can configure! Instead of constantly polling the sensor over I2C, you can set a temperature limit to trigger an interrupt when the temperature reaches a certain value.
The SparkFun Qwiic Connect System is an ecosystem of I2C sensors, actuators, shields and cables that make prototyping faster and less prone to error. All Qwiic-enabled boards use a common 1mm pitch, 4-pin JST connector. This reduces the amount of required PCB space, and polarized connections mean you can’t hook it up wrong.