1-wire sensor network with multiple DS18B20 .... need som input/help

Hi

I'm planning on making an multi channel temperature monitor based on an Arduino, perhaps a pro mini, and a 1-wire bus with DS18B20 temperatur sensors.

I contemplates using 3.5mm stereo jack plugs as external connections, one for each "channel" (sensor), is there a way to make the Arduino determin which sensor adress is connected to which "channel" (jack socket) so that I don't have to manually set up the system to know what each measurement represents.

Best regards
Sebastian

Just finding my place in the wonderfull world of Arduino

Each sensor has a unique ID that can be read from the device. You could read this number and integrate it into the system each time you acquire/assign a new sensor. Internally, all the sensors could be on the same electrical 1-wire bus so it didn't matter which connector a sensor got plugged into. You then specifically address the sensor that you want to read at run-time.

This code finds the address. As you can see, it came from Hacktronics.

Using stereo jacks is as good as anything else. I use the cheapo flat plugs a lot of DS18B20s already come with.

// This sketch looks for 1-wire devices and
// prints their addresses (serial number) to
// the UART, in a format that is useful in Arduino sketches
// Tutorial: 
// http://www.hacktronics.com/Tutorials/arduino-1-wire-address-finder.html

#include <OneWire.h>

OneWire  ds(3);  // Connect your 1-wire device to pin 3

void setup(void) {
  Serial.begin(9600);
  discoverOneWireDevices();
}

void discoverOneWireDevices(void) {
  byte i;
  byte present = 0;
  byte data[12];
  byte addr[8];
  
  Serial.print("Looking for 1-Wire devices...\n\r");
  while(ds.search(addr)) {
    Serial.print("\n\rFound \'1-Wire\' device with address:\n\r");
    for( i = 0; i < 8; i++) {
      Serial.print("0x");
      if (addr[i] < 16) {
        Serial.print('0');
      }
      Serial.print(addr[i], HEX);
      if (i < 7) {
        Serial.print(", ");
      }
    }
    if ( OneWire::crc8( addr, 7) != addr[7]) {
        Serial.print("CRC is not valid!\n");
        return;
    }
  }
  Serial.print("\n\r\n\rThat's it.\r\n");
  ds.reset_search();
  return;
}

void loop(void) {
  // nothing to see here
}