DS18b20 usage and setup

[RaTTuS]

I'd like to run one of my RPi's as a temp monitor for the house.
I have CAT 5e cabling all over the house and out to the shed
I understand http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/freshers/raspbe ... mperature/
and have had one work attached to the top of my RPi
what would be the best way to arrange my setup so I can use some of my existing CAT5e to hang some more sensors at places farther down the line
I don't think that the 3.3v from the RPI will be beefy enough to reach the farther places

I'm open to all suggestions ;-p

[repton]

If they're all over the house then the GPIO based 1-Wire driver isn't going to work for you, it's only any good on relatively short networks.

You need some other kind of 1-Wire master. Essentially you have two options, a DS9490R USB to 1-Wire host adapter or some kind of i2c connected master plugged into the GPIO connector. Either one will support a network of up to about 100m of twisted pair cable.

I sell both of these options and am happy to give all the advice you need either on here or by PM or email. See the link in my signature for more information.

Paul

[rurwin]

Hi repton.

I have 10 of these sitting waiting for me to get a round tuit. What would you say was a reasonable, stable maximum length for a GPIO-mastered line with good tight twisted pair (not CAT5) and no spurs?

I was thinking maybe 10m with 4-6 DS18B20s.

[repton]

I have 10 of these sitting waiting for me to get a round tuit. What would you say was a reasonable, stable maximum length for a GPIO-mastered line with good tight twisted pair (not CAT5) and no spurs?

I was thinking maybe 10m with 4-6 DS18B20s.

I've not actually had enough round tuits myself to test this to its limits but I have had 3 sensors working on 11m of cat5 reliably. I think the limiting factor is going to be cable length rather than number of sensors as the sensors themselves only use tiny amounts of power when idle.

I would think 10m and half a dozen sensors would work fine.

Paul

[rurwin]

Thanks

[RaTTuS]

OK - Thanks ,
what I'll do when I have some time [ha!] is have a play and see what I can sort out.

[vincewebb]

I sell both of these options and am happy to give all the advice you need either on here or by PM or email. See the link in my signature for more information.

Paul

I have one of Paul's RPI2 daughter boards
http://www.sheepwalkelectronics.co.uk/RPI2.shtml
I'm very pleased with it:

[aviansun]

Is this 1-wire setup useful for connecting a 16-channel relay which is close to the 120V mains board of the house and the gpio of RPi which is in the living room (approx 20m far away). So basically extending gpio over a long distance without interference caused by voltage spikes etc, due to mains lines.

Or

Should I just place the RPi close to the mains board and relay board, will that pose a threat to the gpio due to induced voltage caused by mains. The relay board has optocouplers, but what about the RPi side, Do I have to use optocouplers on the RPi GPIO ports also?

Thanks

[iinnovations]

Is this 1-wire setup useful for connecting a 16-channel relay which is close to the 120V mains board of the house and the gpio of RPi which is in the living room (approx 20m far away). So basically extending gpio over a long distance without interference caused by voltage spikes etc, due to mains lines.

Or

Should I just place the RPi close to the mains board and relay board, will that pose a threat to the gpio due to induced voltage caused by mains. The relay board has optocouplers, but what about the RPi side, Do I have to use optocouplers on the RPi GPIO ports also?

Thanks

I'd say this warrants another thread.

[iinnovations]

I've been using DS2483s with my Pis with owfs/owserver for, well, many years with no issues. Long runs over CAT5, no problems. People say the DS9490s are more reliable (which I use on windows machines), but I've yet to have any issues with the DS2483s, which cost <$1 compared to ~$25-30 for the DS9490, and USBs are at a premium on the Pi.

C

[iinnovations]

As far as setup is concerned, my boot code is here under 'runi2cowfs':

https://github.com/iinnovations/iicontr ... id/boot.py

but there's also code there with provision for running a USB master as well.

My read code of owfs/owserver is here:

https://github.com/iinnovations/iicontr ... owfslib.py

There is provision there for using ownet if you see fit, but I found it slow and am currently using the straight fuse/owfs method.

C