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title: "One wire Sensor"
description: "Instructions how to integrate One wire (1-wire) sensors into Home Assistant."
date: 2016-01-17 07:15
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ha_category: Sensor
ha_release: 0.12
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The `onewire` platform supports sensors which are using the One wire (1-wire) bus for communication.

Supported devices:

- [DS18B20](https://datasheets.maximintegrated.com/en/ds/DS18B20.pdf)

To enable One wire sensors in your installation, add the following to your `configuration.yaml` file:

```yaml
# Example configuration.yaml entry
sensor:
  platform: onewire
  names:
    some_id: your name
```

Configuration variables:

- **names** array (*Optional*): ID and friendly name of your sensors.