DS18B20

This little pure python module provides a single class to get the temperature of a DS18B20 sensor
It can be easily used on are Rasperry Pi over the GPIO interface.

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Author: Timo Furrer tuxtimo@gmail.com
Version: 0.01.02

Setup

You just need a DS18B20 temperature sensor.
Some of them can be bought here: Adafruit: DS18B20
I've used a Raspberry Pi with an GPIO Breakout (Pi Cobbler)

Installation

From Source

python setup.py install

Note: maybe root privileges are required

From PIP

pip install ds18b20

Note: maybe root privileges are required

Usage

The usage is very simple and the interface clean..

Basic usage with one sensor (implicit)

from ds18b20 import DS18B20

sensor = DS18B20()
temperature_in_celsius = sensor.get_temperature()
temperature_in_fahrenheit = sensor.get_temperature(DS18B20.DEGREES_F)
temperature_in_all_units = sensor.get_temperatures([DS18B20.DEGREES_C, DS18B20.DEGREES_F, DS18B20.KELVIN])

The need kernel modules will be automatically loaded in the constructor of the DS18B20 class.
If something went wrong an exception is raised.

The first found sensor will be taken

Basic usage with one sensor (explicit)

The sensor with the ID 00000588806a will be taken.

from ds18b20 import DS18B20

sensor = DS18B20("00000588806a")
temperature_in_celsius = sensor.get_temperature()

Multiple sensors

With the get_available_sensors class-method you can get the ids of all available sensors.

from ds18b20 import DS18B20

sensors = []
for sensor_id in DS18B20.get_available_sensors():
    sensors.append(DS18B20(sensor_id))

for sensor in sensors:
    print("Sensor %s has temperature %.2f" % (sensor.get_id(), sensor.get_temperature()))

The first path of the above code can be replaced by the get_all_sensors method:

from ds18b20 import DS18B20

sensors = DS18B20.get_all_sensors()
...

Sample program

There is a little sample program in the tests directory. Just execute it and you will get the temperatures in Kelvin, Degrees Celsius and Degrees Fahrenheit.

  $ python example.py
  Kelvin: 295.275000
  Degress Celsius: 23.125000
  Degress Fahrenheit: 73.625000
  =====================================
  Kelvin: 296.025000
  Degress Celsius: 23.875000
  Degress Fahrenheit: 74.975000
  =====================================
  ...