Project 37 – 1-Wire Digital Temperature Sensor
You are now going to take a look at the DS18B20 digital temperature sensor. These sensors send the temperature as a serial data stream over a single wire, which is why the protocol is called 1-Wire. Each sensor also has a unique serial number, allowing you to query different sensors using its ID number. As a result, you can connect many sensors on the same data line. This makes them very popular to use with an Arduino because an almost unlimited amount of temperature sensors can be daisy chained together and all connected to just one pin on the Arduino. The temperature range is also wide at -55°C to +125°C.
You’ll use two sensors in this project to demonstrate not only how to connect and use this ...
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