Datasheet

Upload to your Arduino and open up the serial console at 115200 baud to see a print out of the cold junction
temperature (temperature of the microcontroller chip) and the thermocouple temperature (temperature detected at the
end of the thermocouple probe
You can also see some of the faults that are detectable by say disconnecting one of the pins:
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