It is a simple USB → 1 Wire adapter based on Atmega8 microcontroller. USB support was implemented using V-USB driver from Objective Development. Converter was made after reading documentation of DS2490 chip, that is why some of the constructions and way of sending/receiving data may look similar to solutions used in the processor.
The whole cooperates with digitemp in version 3.5.0 patched.
A few words about the annexes (attached in the original thread):
wirereader-1.02.2.tar.gz contains the device's firmware (with the amended PCB model)
digitemp_wirereader_ebuild.tar.gz contains an ebuild for Gentoo Linux users
digitemp-3.5.0-wirereader_support.patch.gz contains a patch for digitemp
wirereader_schem.pdf schematic diagram of the adapter