One-wire temperature sensors like the DS18B20 are devices that can measure temperature with a minimal amount of hardware and wiring.  These sensors use a digital protocol to send accurate temperature readings directly to your development board without the need of an analog to digital converter or other extra hardware.  You can get one-wire sensors in different form factors like waterproof and high temperature probes--these are perfect for sensing temperature in many different projects and applications.  And since these sensors use the one-wire protocol you can even have multiple of them connected to the same pin and read all their temperature values independently.  With just a few connections and some CircuitPython code you'll be sensing temperature in no time!

This guide explores how to connect a DS18B20 one-wire temperature sensor to a CircuitPython board and read its temperature from Python code using a few simple CircuitPython modules.