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DHT11 Sensor With Arduino To Find Humidity And Temperature

Introduction

 
In this article, I'll let you know how to use DHT11 Sensor with the Arduino Uno to find humidity and temperature
 
Requirements
  • Arduino Uno
  • DHT11 Sensor
  • Bread Board
  • Led
  • Jumper Wires  
Connection
  • Vcc to Arduino 5v
  • Data Out to Arduino Digital Pin 7
  • Gnd to Arduino Gnd
Led
  • Anode pin to the Arduino digital pin 13
  • Cathode pin to the Arduino Gnd 
DHT11 Sensor
 
 
Programming
 
Please download the DHT library from the following link.
 
Go to Sketch, Include Library, then add Zip File.
 
  1. #include<dht.h>    
  2. dht DHT;    
  3. #define DHT11_PIN 7  
  4. int led=13;    
  5. int temperature;  
  6. void setup()    
  7. {    
  8.   Serial.begin(9600);    
  9.   pinMode(led,OUTPUT);  
  10.   Serial.println("TESTER PROGRAM HUMIDITY SENSOR");    
  11.       
  12. }    
  13. void loop()    
  14. {    
  15.   int chk=DHT.read7(DHT11_PIN);    
  16.   Serial.println("Humidity");   
  17.   Serial.println(DHT.humidity,1);    
  18.   Serial.println("Temperature");   
  19.   if(temperature>20)  
  20.   {  
  21.    digitalWrite(led,HIGH);  
  22.    }  
  23.   else{  
  24.    digitalWrite(led,LOW);  
  25.   }  
  26.   Serial.println(DHT.temperature,1);    
  27.   delay(1000);    
  28. } 
     
Explanation
  • Include the library first before you code set DHT11 sensor PIN as 7 and led as 13.
  • In the setup, function set the pinMode led as OUTPUT and set the baud rate like 9600.
  • In the loop function, we want to give the condition for DHT11 sensor DHT. Read the sensor value from the Arduino board.
  • And print the value in the serial monitor for humidity and temperature.
  • The led is HIGH if the temperature is greater than 20, else the led is LOW. 
Output
 
 
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