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    DS18x20 temperature sensor: temp.read_temp_async() AFTER temp.start_conversion()?

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      The Pycom documentation for the Onewire library now gives the following example on how to read a DS18x20 temperature sensor:

      import time
      from machine import Pin
      from onewire import DS18X20
      from onewire import OneWire
      
      # DS18B20 data line connected to pin P10
      ow = OneWire(Pin('P10'))
      temp = DS18X20(ow)
      
      while True:
          print(temp.read_temp_async())
          time.sleep(1)
          temp.start_conversion()
          time.sleep(1)
      

      I would think that the "print(temp.read_temp_async())" statement needs to come AFTER the "temp.start_conversion()" statement, not before. And that is also how it works for me. When I do the conversion after the read, I get impossible temperature values. Or do I get something wrong here? In a loop (as in the above example) it works of course both ways.

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