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Forum Index : Microcontroller and PC projects : Having trouble with DS18B20's ?
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| paceman Guru  Joined: 07/10/2011 Location: AustraliaPosts: 1207 |
Here's an article about the almost ubiquitos fake DS18B20's that are around now - interesting read. If you're having trouble with yours it may give you the reasons. Greg |
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Chopperp Guru Joined: 03/01/2018 Location: AustraliaPosts: 529 |
Thanks for that I normally get mine from RS but I did buy a bunch from EBay a good while ago & they were complete duds. Checked out more like a re-branded transistor than an 18B20. Put me off buying the cheap ones. Brian ChopperP |
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Poppy Regular Member  Joined: 25/07/2019 Location: GermanyPosts: 99 |
Thanks for telling us!  I guess those cheap fakes I already got will still do their job for testing set-ups generally but for final tasks I rather take the real ones. |
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| Phil23 Guru Joined: 27/03/2016 Location: AustraliaPosts: 1588 |
Not another thing to look out for..... Would like to the a more concise way of testing. The article mentions they contain no EEProm. Does that mean some simple code could be written for testing. All my stocks here are from 2 to 3 years back & been working fine. That's not to say I won't need a few new ones, & particularly the waterproof probe type.... Phil. |
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| Maniccyberdog Newbie  Joined: 19/02/2018 Location: United KingdomPosts: 8 |
Got a waterproof from Amazon, couldn't read directly with tempr, needed to use tempr start, then tempr |
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