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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.)

Bob Brown
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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.

Bob Brown
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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)

Bradley Hontz
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