Libelium microSD module and duemilanove hassle...

Ok, i got a bit spare time and tried to store the data read from the DS18B20 on the Card,

i know exactly where my problem is :smiley:

i can only store "strings" to the Sd-Card, and i only get "floats" from the sensors, so i have to convert float to string...
appearantly this isnt as easy as i thought. I´m searching now for over 3h to find a way to convert this. I found many links and big code snippets and people saying it works for them...but i can´t get it to work...

Maybe one of you knows a simple way to convert the floats one gets from the sensors to strings one can save to card..

I will post my code just in case somebody wants to watch the problem.
The conversion should take place just after the reading from the sensors in the "printTemperature" function

#include <OneWire.h>
#include <DallasTemperature.h>
#include "SDuFAT.h"

// Data wire is plugged into port 7 on the Arduino
#define ONE_WIRE_BUS 7

// Setup a oneWire instance to communicate with any OneWire devices (not just Maxim/Dallas temperature ICs)
OneWire oneWire(ONE_WIRE_BUS);

// Pass our oneWire reference to Dallas Temperature. 
DallasTemperature sensors(&oneWire);

// arrays to hold device address
DeviceAddress insideThermometer;

// variable used when reading from serial
byte inSerByte = 0;

void setup(void)
{
  // start serial port
  Serial.begin(9600);

  // locate devices on the bus
  Serial.print("Locating devices...");
  sensors.begin();
  Serial.print("Found ");
  Serial.print(sensors.getDeviceCount(), DEC);
  Serial.println(" devices.");

  // report parasite power requirements
  Serial.print("Parasite power is: "); 
  if (sensors.isParasitePowerMode()) Serial.println("ON");
  else Serial.println("OFF");
  
  // assign address manually.  the addresses below will beed to be changed
  // to valid device addresses on your bus.  device address can be retrieved
  // by using either oneWire.search(deviceAddress) or individually via
  // sensors.getAddress(deviceAddress, index)
  //insideThermometer = { 0x28, 0x1D, 0x39, 0x31, 0x2, 0x0, 0x0, 0xF0 };

  // Method 1:
  // search for devices on the bus and assign based on an index.  ideally,
  // you would do this to initially discover addresses on the bus and then 
  // use those addresses and manually assign them (see above) once you know 
  // the devices on your bus (and assuming they don't change).
  if (!sensors.getAddress(insideThermometer, 0)) Serial.println("Unable to find address for Device 0"); 
  
  // show the addresses we found on the bus
  Serial.print("Device 0 Address: ");
  printAddress(insideThermometer);
  Serial.println();

  // set the resolution to 12 bit (Each Dallas/Maxim device is capable of several different resolutions)
  sensors.setResolution(insideThermometer, 12);
 
  Serial.print("Device 0 Resolution: ");
  Serial.print(sensors.getResolution(insideThermometer), DEC); 
  Serial.println();

}

// function to print the temperature for a device
void printTemperature(DeviceAddress deviceAddress)
{
  
  // get the temperature
  float tempC = sensors.getTempC(deviceAddress);
  
  
  
 //floatToString conversion here!!!!
  
  
  SD.print("hola.txt",  );
  
  delay(5000);            //delay because of delay ;)
  
 }

void loop(void)
{ 
  // call sensors.requestTemperatures() to issue a global temperature 
  // request to all devices on the bus
  Serial.print("Requesting temperatures...");
  sensors.requestTemperatures(); // Send the command to get temperatures
  Serial.println("DONE");
  
  // It responds almost immediately. Let's print out the data
  printTemperature(insideThermometer); // Use a simple function to print out the data
}

// function to print a device address
void printAddress(DeviceAddress deviceAddress)
{
  for (uint8_t i = 0; i < 8; i++)
  {
    if (deviceAddress[i] < 16) Serial.print("0");
    Serial.print(deviceAddress[i], HEX);
    
    
  }
}

There have to be 100 people out there having the same problem :wink:
Am i the only one not being able to fix this? :slight_smile:

Greetings

Jean