50-100cm
No idea about AREF. I just temp calibrated the system after assembling.
I give 5ms output high (more than enough to fill an external 47nF capacitor, 2ms should be enough) and do 5 measurements with delays of 100microseconds (more than...
Why not setting a output to high to power a voltage divider with a NTC and a fixed resistor?
Simple and I have it working. No need for MOSFET's.
I take the median of 7 readings to avoid noise.