The change in temperature of an implanted electronic device can be
determined by providing power to one or more circuit elements included in
the implanted electronic device, wherein the circuit elements comprise a
non-crystal oscillator. A shift in the output frequency associated with
the non-crystal oscillator can be detected, and the temperature change of
the implanted electronic device can be determined based on the detected
output frequency shift. One or more signals based on the output frequency
associated with the non-crystal oscillator can be transmitted by the
implanted electronic device. The transmitted signals can be received by
an external device, which can detect the current output frequency
associated with the non-crystal oscillator from the transmitted signals
and compare the current output frequency with a previous output frequency
to determine the output frequency shift associated with the non-crystal
oscillator. The output frequency can, for example, be converted to a
voltage measure.