DS18B20 delay 750ms solution Nuno Carreira and Victor Azevedo/Portugal - Madeira

Good afternoon, Arduino comunity, I've seen several members with a problem about the delay of 750ms in the example code of OneWire, causing trouble in fast routines like PID's for example.

We found a solution for this delay by using a timer library: Arduino Playground - Timer Library and some additional fixments.

#include <OneWire.h>
#include <Timer.h>

Timer t;
OneWire  ds(10);  // on digital pin 10 (a 4.7K resistor is necessary)

byte i;
byte present = 0, present1 = 0;
byte type_s;
byte data[12];
byte addr[8];
float celsius;

void setup(void) {
  Serial.begin(9600);
  t.every(750, takeReading);
  if ( !ds.search(addr)) {
    // Serial.println("No more addresses.");
    //Serial.println();
    ds.reset_search();
    delay(20);
    return;
  }

  if (OneWire::crc8(addr, 7) != addr[7]) {
    // Serial.println("CRC is not valid!");
    return;
  }

  // the first ROM byte indicates which chip
  switch (addr[0]) {
    case 0x10:
      type_s = 1;
      break;
    case 0x28:
      type_s = 0;
      break;
    case 0x22:
      type_s = 0;
      break;
    default:
      return;
  }

  ds.reset();
  ds.select(addr);
  ds.write(0x44, 1);        // start conversion, with parasite power on at the end
}

void takeReading() {
  present = ds.reset();
  ds.select(addr);
  ds.write(0xBE);         // Read Scratchpad

  Serial.print(" ");
  for ( i = 0; i < 9; i++) {           // we need 9 bytes
    data[i] = ds.read();
  }

  int16_t raw = (data[1] << 8) | data[0];
  if (type_s) {
    raw = raw << 3; // 9 bit resolution default
    if (data[7] == 0x10) {
      // "count remain" gives full 12 bit resolution
      raw = (raw & 0xFFF0) + 12 - data[6];
    }
  } else {
    byte cfg = (data[4] & 0x60);
    // at lower res, the low bits are undefined, so let's zero them
    if (cfg == 0x00) raw = raw & ~7;  // 9 bit resolution, 93.75 ms
    else if (cfg == 0x20) raw = raw & ~3; // 10 bit res, 187.5 ms
    else if (cfg == 0x40) raw = raw & ~1; // 11 bit res, 375 ms
    //// default is 12 bit resolution, 750 ms conversion time
  }

  celsius = (float)raw / 16.0;

  //fahrenheit = celsius * 1.8 + 32.0;
  Serial.print("  Temperature = ");
  Serial.print(celsius);
  Serial.print(" Celsius, ");


  if ( !ds.search(addr)) {

    ds.reset_search();
    delay(20);
    return;
  }

  if (OneWire::crc8(addr, 7) != addr[7]) {
    // Serial.println("CRC is not valid!");
    return;
  }

  // the first ROM byte indicates which chip
  switch (addr[0]) {
    case 0x10:
      type_s = 1;
      break;
    case 0x28:
      type_s = 0;
      break;
    case 0x22:
      type_s = 0;
      break;
    default:
      return;
  }

  ds.reset();
  ds.select(addr);
  ds.write(0x44, 1);        // start conversion, with parasite power on at the end

}

void loop(void) {

  t.update();
  //_______________________________________________________________________________
  // You make your routine here to make several times before reading sensor again
  //_______________________________________________________________________________
}

We removed everything unnecessary from OneWire code and comments.

By Nuno Carreira and Victor Azevedo/Portugal - Madeira post

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