Been looking for a better way – DS18B20 October 15, 2019
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I was doing some research on a totally different subject and this popped up.
Why this one?
Well easy answer – I have been making my own 4.7 pull-up resistor connectors for sometime now. Problem for me is that they take a lot of time and are very bulky and hard to work with. For a little more cost a dollar or so I get a board that will allow easy connections to many (so I think) DS18B20 sensors using one resistor. The order came and now I can start testing my idea. Having a solution this turn key will save a lot of time and perform better, time will tell now.
I will be posting how the testing goes and what will be needed to get top performance out of this module.
IT’S OFFICIAL – Maker Faire 2014 – we will be there with a booth to show case Tower unit March 24, 2014
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IT’S OFFICIAL NOW:
I’ve been accepted to exhibit at @MakerFaire Bay Area on May 17 & 18, 2014 http://makerfaire.com/
#20475 – internet of farming arduino-based aquaponics
Will be able to show case a number of new leading edge things that I have been developing.
Here are just a few of them:
Design of a “Radial Flow Filter” for the tower unit system ( will be blogging and doing a Youtube video about it shortly”
Venturi DIY design that will replace air pumps on my systems.
Aquaponic Fog Unit that I have just completed and in testing mode now.
Have fully working Tower unit with totally enabled IoT features that show case the latest developments in this technology as related to aquaponics.
agponic-MD — features defined February 4, 2014
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Now that the basic agponic-MD unit is completed – I am working through all the different features that can be found on the unit and define there functions.
Here is one side of the connection box at the back of the unit.
DS18B20 – Terry King — Thank you July 12, 2013
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Well thanks to Terry King and his comment – that he has DS18B20’s working fine with arduino IDE 1.0X. I double downed my efforts to get 1.0.2 arduino IDE working. I un-installed all versions – dumped all the libraries and started from a clean system again. Loaded everything up and got all the new libraries. EVERYTHING WORKED FINE! Thank you Terry!
DS18B20 – always a new twist June 10, 2013
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I have resisted moving to Arduino IDE 1.0.x as I have read that people have had problems moving to it.
In my case I have been using ver 21 IDE because it was stable and all the libraries worked with it. Now that I am moving to the IoT platform I am required to use Arduino IDE 1.0.x.
First step was to download and install. Then needed to re-establish all the libraries required to work with DS18B20. Once all done it was time to determine if it all would work correctly.
To start off I ran the one-wire finder sketch. Much to my delight it worked. Now I was very confident that this transition was going to go smoothly. I now connected up 3 sensors and loaded my 3 sensor sketch.
Here was my result:
I got reading that were incorrect or really no readings at all
Next I had to make sure the hardware was connected right. So I went back to my ver. 21 IDE and re-tested everything. Sure enough everything worked great.
The results now is that using the Hacktronics sketch that was stated to be workable with Arduino IDE 1.0.x does not work with my set-up. Now I will have to determine just what the problem is and how to correct it.
This will have to be my next task in learning about the DS18B20 and Arduino.
DS18B20 – ground connectors now complete August 15, 2012
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I am getting closer to getting 20 probes ready to test. Everything is just about in place to make a run at it. So stay tuned we are getting close now…….
DS18B20 — 4.7K connectors completed August 9, 2012
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The next step to achieving running 20 probes was to complete the 4.7K resistor harness set-up. I now have this done and can move on to the finishing off the ground connector that will allow pull all this together.
HARNESS TESTING — very important — DS18B20 April 20, 2012
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Now that I have constructed an addition harness I need to make sure it works. Two (2) tests needs to be performed. Conductivity and ohm confirmation of the resistor value through the connections.
CONDUCTIVITY:
This test will let me know that all my connections are correctly connected and signal is flowing through the wires and working the way I configured them. If not, I will need to correct the problem and retest until the connections are working correctly.
Here is a video of the testing I did:
ohm Value Testing:
This is important with DS18B20 probes. It is important because the DS18B20 IC’s are sensitive when it comes to resistor values and there tolerance levels. I bought some very cheap 4.7K ohm resistors and did not know the tolerance level. Hooked everything up and the probe did not work. I had to trouble shoot all the connections and everything was working – then I swapped out a resistor that I knew worked and had specs on and bingo everything was working. I have no problems using resistors with a 5% tolerance rating. They will give you some swings in value readings, but the DS18B20’s will work very well it you stay in this tolerance range.
Here is a video of how I tested for ohm’s:
Now on to building another harness and test it all
DS18B20 — external power – 5 Probes working April 6, 2012
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Once I got the ground problem worked out and was reading one probe adding 4 more was no sweat…….
Here is the sketch I used: ( you will need to change out the HEX code parts for your specific DS18B20)
// This Arduino sketch reads DS18B20 “1-Wire” digital
// temperature sensors.
// Tutorial:
// http://www.hacktronics.com/Tutorials/arduino-1-wire-tutorial.html
//Changed sketch to handle individual temperature probes for testing out software and hub
//each probe is plugged into a wiring harness using either a 4.7K or 2.2K resistor configuration.
//will use this to test power soruce and resistor needed to read 5 temp probes.
//ver-1.01-R
// Rik Kretzinger
// 08/17/2011
#include <OneWire.h>
#include <DallasTemperature.h>
// Data wire is plugged into pin 3 on the Arduino
#define ONE_WIRE_BUS 8
// Setup a oneWire instance to communicate with any OneWire devices
OneWire oneWire(ONE_WIRE_BUS);
// Pass our oneWire reference to Dallas Temperature.
DallasTemperature sensors(&oneWire);
// Assign the addresses of your 1-Wire temp sensors.
// See the tutorial on how to obtain these addresses:
// http://www.hacktronics.com/Tutorials/arduino-1-wire-address-finder.html
DeviceAddress Probe012 = { 0x28, 0xD8, 0x79, 0x31, 0x03, 0x00, 0x00, 0xC6 };
DeviceAddress Probe013 = { 0x28, 0x43, 0x77, 0x22, 0x03, 0x00, 0x00, 0x9D };
DeviceAddress Probe014 = { 0x28, 0x30, 0x65, 0x31, 0x03, 0x00, 0x00, 0x13 };
DeviceAddress Probe015 = { 0x28, 0xDE, 0x9D, 0x31, 0x03, 0x00, 0x00, 0xB1 };
DeviceAddress Probe016 = { 0x28, 0x7E, 0x8A, 0x31, 0x03, 0x00, 0x00, 0xC0 };
void setup(void)
{
// start serial port
Serial.begin(9600);
// Start up the library
sensors.begin();
// set the resolution to 10 bit (good enough?)
sensors.setResolution(Probe012, 10);
sensors.setResolution(Probe013, 10);
sensors.setResolution(Probe014, 10);
sensors.setResolution(Probe015, 10);
sensors.setResolution(Probe016, 10);
}
void printTemperature(DeviceAddress deviceAddress)
{
float tempC = sensors.getTempC(deviceAddress);
if (tempC == -127.00) {
Serial.print(“Error getting temperature”);
} else {
Serial.print(“C: “);
Serial.print(tempC);
Serial.print(” F: “);
Serial.print(DallasTemperature::toFahrenheit(tempC));
}
}
void loop(void)
{
delay(2000);
Serial.println();
Serial.println();
Serial.print(“Getting temperatures…\n\r”);
sensors.requestTemperatures();
Serial.print(“Probe 012 temperature is: “);
printTemperature(Probe012);
Serial.print(“\n\r”);
Serial.print(“Probe 013 temperature is: “);
printTemperature(Probe013);
Serial.print(“\n\r”);
Serial.print(“Probe 014 temperature is: “);
printTemperature(Probe014);
Serial.print(“\n\r”);
Serial.print(“Probe 015 temperature is: “);
printTemperature(Probe015);
Serial.print(“\n\r”);
Serial.print(“Probe 016 temperature is: “);
printTemperature(Probe016);
Serial.print(“\n\r”);
}