On 02/28/2020 04:43 AM, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
> On 28/02/2020 10:19, Richard Owlett wrote:
>> On 02/27/2020 12:23 PM, Dave Liquorice wrote:
>>> On Thu, 27 Feb 2020 09:08:45 -0400, Gregg Somes wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi, I am trying to use a  2 lead thermistror (not a temp/humidity
>>>> sensor) with RPi 3B+.  Is it possible to wire this without a breadboad?
>>>
>>> Pi's don't have any analog to digital convertors. The simplest
>>> solution is most likely to be a 1-Wire temperature sensor:
>>>
>>> https://datasheets.maximintegrated.com/en/ds/DS18B20.pdf
>>>
>>> Plenty of code out there to work with them (and many of the other
>>> 1-Wire devices).
>>>
>>
>> One wire?
>> BULL! I quote the referenced pdf "... one data line (and ground)".
>> And as a PRACTICAL point you need another wire to power the device.
>> That makes it a *THREE* wire device.
>>
>>
> Yebbut there is only one DATA wire. :-)

ROFL

> 
> You are probably not old enough>/in te wrong country to have listened to 
> the exploits of Larry the Lamb and Dennis the Dachsund in Toytown, on 
> the radio.

I was in college by time it ended. But on the wrong side of the Pond.

> 
> There was a character called IIRC the Inventor who complained 'the 
> trouble with this  wireless is that it involves such a lot of WIRE!!!"
> 
>
https://www.bbc.com/historyofthebbc/anniversaries/july/toytown-first-transmitte
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