Temperature sensors

It is now possible to measure temperatures with the help of the I²C LM75 and 1-Wire DS18B20 chips. The temperature values can be displayed on the OSD and they are also logged. A total maximum of 8 temperature sensors can be connected. The support is enabled by default on F4 and F7 FCs. To use with F3 FCs you need to build a custom firmware.

LM75

Up to 8 can be connected to the flight controller.

Package: SOP-8, breakout boards can be found easily
Interface: I²C
Supply: 2.7 to 5.5V
Temperature range: -55 to +125°C

DS18B20

Package: TO-92, SO-8, µSOP-8
Interface: 1-Wire
Supply: 3.0 to 5.5V (parasitic power not supported)
Temperature range: -55 to +125°C

None of the flight controllers on the market at the time this documentation is written supports 1-Wire directly. To use these sensors a I²C to 1-Wire interface chip needs to be used, the DS2482. Connect the DS2482 SCL and SDA lines to your FC, add a 4.7kohm pull-up resistor between VCC and the DQ pin then connect all the sensors DQ pin to the DS2482 DQ pin.

Configuring temperature sensors

The temp_sensor CLI command can be used to display and change the temperature sensors configuration. When a new temperature sensor is connected it is automatically detected and will appear in the output of the temp_sensor command.

temp_sensor without any argument displays all the sensors configuration
temp_sensor reset deletes all the sensors
temp_sensor index type address alarm_min alarm_max label to configure a new sensor or modify the configuration of an existing one.

Parameters description

index is the index of the configuration slot you want to change
type can be 1 for LM75 or 2 for DS18B20
address is the address of the device on the bus. 0 to 7 for a LM75 or the full 64bit ROM in hex format for a 18B20
alarm_min the temperature under which the corresponding OSD element will start blinking (decidegrees centigrade)
alarm_max the temperature above which the corresponding OSD element will start blinking (decidegrees centigrade)
label a 4 characters maximum label that is displayed on the OSD next to the temperature value

Example output

Example output of the temp_sensor command on a system with two LM75 and four DS18B20 sensors connected

temp_sensor 0 1 0 -200 600 
temp_sensor 1 1 1 -200 600 
temp_sensor 2 2 7c0118681e1cff28 -200 600 
temp_sensor 3 2 7d01186838f2ff28 -200 600 
temp_sensor 4 2 210118684001ff28 -200 600 
temp_sensor 5 2 f801186750c7ff28 -200 600 
temp_sensor 6 0 0 0 0 
temp_sensor 7 0 0 0 0

To change for example the configuration of the fourth sensor to label BATT, minimum value alarm 0.5°C and maximum value alarm 45°C

temp_sensor 3 2 7d01186838f2ff28 5 450 BATT

Building a custom firmware with temperature sensor support (F3 only)

This needs to be added in the target.h file:

#define USE_TEMPERATURE_SENSOR
#define TEMPERATURE_I2C_BUS BUS_I2Cx // replace x with the index of the I²C bus the temperature sensors will be connected to

// for LM75 sensors support
#define USE_TEMPERATURE_LM75

// for DS18B20 sensors
#define USE_1WIRE
#define USE_1WIRE_DS2482
#define USE_TEMPERATURE_DS18B20

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