Sensebender Micro & External Sensors (ds18b20)
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Hello all,
I'm succesfully using some Sensebender boards with 2 AA rechargeable batteries each, and I'm very pleased about the function and battery lifetime. It's very far beyond my expectations!
But until now, I only used the internal temperature sensor. Now I want to use an external sensor (because the signal quality out of my fridge is really bad), an ds18b20 for example.
I'm wondering if that's possible since the sensor has a voltage minimum around 3 Volts, and my batteries supply at most 2.6V.
Any experiences out there? Or some hints for me? What can I do?
Regards,
Marcus.
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Get a sensor that supports lower voltages or get a step-up.
Earlier discussions on the same topic:
https://forum.mysensors.org/topic/3801/witch-temp-hum-sensor-is-best-to-use-for-battery-powered-sensors/
https://forum.mysensors.org/topic/3203/cheap-good-boost-converter-and-good-temperature-sensors/https://forum.mysensors.org/topic/2027/test-of-step-up-modules-sparkfun-pololu-china-module-any-other/
https://forum.mysensors.org/topic/444/battery-powered-motion-sensor
https://forum.mysensors.org/topic/171/efficiency-of-voltage-boosters
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