RE: More on iButtons

["M McAree Jr" <michael.mcaree@xxxxxxx>]

I've had a look at this stuff and it seems quite interesting, can it be
purchased in the UK? or do I have to order online from DallasSemi?
If so, does anyone have any idea of shipping costs and timescale?

Michael
BELFAST

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jon Whiten [mailto:jon@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 18 May 2000 17:28
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] More on iButtons
>
>
> Hi,
>
> I'm using iButtons in the form of Dalass's 1-wire Weather Station
> kit.  (see
> my semi online page at http://www.whiten.co.uk/weather.html
- the rain
> sensor is counting but the display is only in whole inches at the
moment).
> Additional sensors just connect across the bus and are polled in
software.
>
> I have run a length of Cat 5 out the side of the house and split it at
the
> greenhouse for one sensor and at the end of the garden for the weather
> station and additional temp and rain sensors.  Only a single pair in
the
> cat5 cable is used and in this configuration 300m is not out of the
> question.
>
> I am using DS18S20 temp sensors at the moment and plan to add
> others as time
> permits.  These are simple three-legged packages that are very simple
to
> locate and connect to the bus.  As I understand it, the iButton
version is
> an identical chip housed in the typical Dallas iButton stainless
> steel can.
>
> If I can be of any further help just shout.
>
> Regards,
>
> Jon
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andy Powell [mailto:Andy@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 17 May 2000 22:42
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: [ukha_d] More on iButtons
>
>
> 	1. Can the temperature iButton give out real-time data or
> does it just
> 'record' it and then pass it back when 'connected'?
>
> 	2. Has anyone tried multiple iButtons on a on a 'LAN'?
>
> 	3. Anyone got any other possible solutions?
>
> many thanks
>
>
> Andy
>
>
>
> --- Tag-it V1.0 (c) Andy Powell 1998
> The gene pool could use a little chlorine.
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