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Lesson 18 DS18B20 Temperature Sensor 
Introduction 
The Temperature Sensor DS18B20 is a commonly used digital temperature sensor featured 
with small size, low-cost hardware, strong anti-interference capability and high precision. The 
digital  temperature  sensor  is  easy  to  wire  and  can  be  applied  a  various  occasions  after 
packaging. Different from conventional AD collection temperature sensors, it uses a 1-wire 
bus and can directly outputs temperature data. 
Components 
- 1 * SunFounder Uno board 
- 1 * USB data cable 
- 1 * DS18B20 Temperature Sensor module 
- 1 * LCD1602 
- 1 * Potentiometer 
- Several jumper wires 
Experimental Principle 
With  a  unique  single-wire  interface,  DS18B20  requires  only  one  pin  for  a  two-way 
communication with a microprocessor. It supports multi-point networking to measure multi-
point temperatures. Eight DS18B20s can be connected at most, because too many of them 
will consume too much of the power supply and cause low voltage thus instability of signal 
transmission.  
Experimental Procedures 
Step 1: Build the circuit 
   DS18B20 Temperature Sensor    SunFounder Uno 
    S ------------------------------------------------ D2 
    - ------------------------------------------------ GND 
    + ------------------------------------------------ 5V 
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