Electronic – To make input-output pin of sensor high from mcu is it better to give logic high from mcu or making the mcu-pin input with pull-up

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I drive sht11 temperature-humidity sensor from mcu, the reference design from MikroElektronika uses the following:
To make sda pin high, the pin connected to sda (which is pull-up) is not given to logic 1 instead, it is made input to make sda high.

I used this and it worked, I ask is it better and why?

/***************************************************************
* Generates a transmission start
*       _____         ________
* DATA:      |_______|
*           ___     ___
* SCK : ___|   |___|   |______
***************************************************************/
void Transmission_Start() {
  SDA_Direction = 1;                     // define SDA as input
  SCL = 1;                               // SCL high
  Delay_1us();                           // 1us delay
  SDA_Direction = 0;                     // define SDA as output
  SDA = 0;                               // SDA low
  Delay_1us();                           // 1us delay
  SCL = 0;                               // SCL low
  Delay_1us();                           // 1us delay
  SCL = 1;                               // SCL high
  Delay_1us();                           // 1us delay
  SDA_Direction = 1;                     // define SDA as input
  Delay_1us();                           // 1us delay
  SCL = 0;                               // SCL low
}

Best Answer

On page 5 of the datasheet it says "To avoid signal contention the microcontroller must only drive DATA low. An external pull-up resistor (e.g. 10kΩ) is required to pull the signal high" - I guess it means that you don't want to have the possibility that your micro drives it high while the sensor drives it low, giving a direct short.

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