Z-Uno - negative temperature value from DS18B20

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Re: Z-Uno - negative temperature value from DS18B20

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I use the Z-Uno with 4 x DS18B20 - it is working, ...

Maybe you are using 18B20 with parasite power?
You are working with sample sketch - - or can you attach your sketch?

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Re: Z-Uno - negative temperature value from DS18B20

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michap wrote:Maybe you are using 18B20 with parasite power?
No, not parasite powered.
michap wrote:You are working with sample sketch - - or can you attach your sketch?
Sure - see attached file. It's a modified sample sketch. See the comments for line #25/26 and #34/35...

Thanks
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Re: Z-Uno - negative temperature value from DS18B20

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I just found the reason...

I reduced the space of the array where the addresses of found 1-wire devices is stored. In my test setup I've two DS18B20 attached and assumed it's enough to provide 2x8 bytes for the device address buffer (because of two devices).

DS18B20Sensor::findAllSensors(byte * rom) writes one more device address to the provided device address buffer than devices found. If 4x8 bytes are provided:
- bytes[0..7] report the device address of the first device
- bytes[8..15] report the device address of the second device
- bytes[16..23] report the device address of the second device again
- bytes[24..31] are all zero

Nevertheless, DS18B20Sensor::findAllSensors() returns 2 devices attached to the 1-wire bus.

Not sure if the above is mentioned somewhere, if not it may make sense to extend DS18B20Sensor::findAllSensors() by a second parameter to provide the size of the provided device address buffer, to prevent DS18B20Sensor::findAllSensors() from overwriting other stuff located behind the device address buffer.

Ralf
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