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I have a Picademy parts kit (12 of them, actually) from Newark/Element 14. These kits have an immersible temperature probe that I conjecture is based on a DS18B20. However, there's no documentation. The leads are brown, yellow, and blue. If it's really a DS18B20, then the three leads are V+, data, and GND, but I can't tell which is which.

Does anyone know what this is, and which lead is which? Thanks!

Edit: I did send a request to Newark's tech support. They replied promptly, saying they had sent my inquiry on to the supplier. 2018-08-22: I got a reply from Newark confirming that the probe contains a DS18B20, but still no info on lead colors.

Another edit: After getting the answer from both Newark and my colleague, I've written this stuff up with more detail than I can easily put here. Beware: this applies only to the Picademy parts kit temperature probe. http://ksuweb.kennesaw.edu/faculty/rbrow211/raspberrypi/temp_probe/ (The link is probably good until I'm dead, after which it will be OK to comlpain about me.)

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  • yellow - data, blue - gnd, brown - vcc
    – Jaromanda X
    Commented Aug 19, 2018 at 2:25
  • @JaromandaX Why not make that the answer?
    – joan
    Commented Aug 19, 2018 at 8:36
  • Because I'm only 99.9% sure
    – Jaromanda X
    Commented Aug 19, 2018 at 8:49
  • @JaromandaX So the answer could be "I'm pretty sure that yellow - data, blue - gnd, brown - vcc"
    – joan
    Commented Aug 19, 2018 at 9:19
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    I've powered DS18B20 the wrong way around. They do get very hot. Mine still worked when I swapped the power leads.
    – joan
    Commented Aug 19, 2018 at 11:30

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I've gotten answers from two places, they agree, and I've tested them! A colleague in another state and Newark's tech support both say: Brn: GND Blu: V+ (use 3v3) Yel: Data

I've tried this and it works, as long as you haven't smoked pin 4. If you have smoked pin 4, or otherwise need to change the 1-Wire pin,see this answer.

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had this same question today - so yellow is clearly "data", but I'm confused on thread's reference to vcc / gnd. Adafruit's website says:

If your sensor has three wires - Red connects to 3-5V, Blue/Black connects to ground and Yellow/White is data

... mine has the same yellow / blue / brown combo as mentioned here. Are you concluding that brown - vcc, blue - gnd is wrong (i.e. gets hot)

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  • Yes, that's wrong. It will burn your fingers and smoke whatever GPIO pin you connected yellow to. I'm not even sure we can conclude that yellow is data.
    – Bob Brown
    Commented Aug 21, 2018 at 18:27
  • And also... I probably should have written V+ instead of Vcc. I've edited the question.
    – Bob Brown
    Commented Aug 21, 2018 at 18:31

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