The DS18B20 is a 1-wire programmable Temperature sensor.
It is widely used to measure temperature in hard environments like in chemical solutions, mines or soil etc. The constriction of the sensor is rugged and also can be purchased with a waterproof option making the mounting process easy. It can measure a wide range of temperature from -55°C to 125° with a decent accuracy of ±5°C.
Each sensor has a unique address and requires only one pin of the MCU to transfer data so it a very good choice for measuring temperature at multiple points without compromising much of your digital pins on the microcontroller.
Applications
Measuring temperature at hard environments
Liquid temperature measurement
Applications where temperature has to be measured at multiple points
