diff --git a/src/en/overlay/iface-1wire.md b/src/en/overlay/iface-1wire.md index 7113391..8afd2db 100644 --- a/src/en/overlay/iface-1wire.md +++ b/src/en/overlay/iface-1wire.md @@ -31,8 +31,18 @@ Alternatively you can enable the one-wire interface on demand using raspi-config sudo modprobe w1-gpio ``` -once either of the steps above has been performed, you can list the devices your Raspberry Pi can probe via (by default) BCM4, like so: +Newer kernels (4.9.28 and later) allow you to use dynamic overlay loading instead, including creating multiple 1-Wire busses to be used at the same time: + +``` +sudo dtoverlay w1-gpio gpiopin=4 pullup=0 # header pin 7 +sudo dtoverlay w1-gpio gpiopin=17 pullup=0 # header pin 11 +sudo dtoverlay w1-gpio gpiopin=27 pullup=0 # header pin 13 +``` + +once any of the steps above have been performed, and discovery is complete you can list the devices that your Raspberry Pi has discovered via all 1-Wire busses (by default BCM4), like so: ``` ls /sys/bus/w1/devices/ ``` + +n.b. Using w1-gpio on the Raspberry Pi typically needs a 4.7 kΩ pull-up resistor connected between the GPIO pin and a 3.3v supply (e.g. header pin 1 or 17). Other means of connecting 1-Wire devices to the Raspberry Pi are also possible, such as using i2c to 1-Wire bridge chips.