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DHT Code

The document describes code for reading temperature and humidity values from a DHT sensor and outputting the values over serial. The code initializes the DHT sensor, reads the temperature and humidity in Celsius and Fahrenheit in a loop, and computes the heat index.

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DHT Code

The document describes code for reading temperature and humidity values from a DHT sensor and outputting the values over serial. The code initializes the DHT sensor, reads the temperature and humidity in Celsius and Fahrenheit in a loop, and computes the heat index.

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Suresh B
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#include "DHT.

h"
#define DHTPIN 2 //what pin we're conneccted to

#define DHTTYPE DHT11

// Initialize DHT sensor for normal 16mhz Arduino


DHT dht(DHTPIN, DHTTYPE);
void setup() {
Serial.begin(9600);
Serial.println("DHTxx test!");
dht.begin();
}
void loop() {
// Wait a few seconds between measurements.
delay(2000);
// Reading temperature or humidity takes about 250 milliseconds!
// Sensor readings may also be up to 2 seconds 'old' (its a very
slow sensor)
float h = dht.readHumidity();
// Read temperature as Celsius
float t = dht.readTemperature();
// Read temperature as Fahrenheit
float f = dht.readTemperature(true);

// Check if any reads failed and exit early (to try again).
if (isnan(h) || isnan(t) || isnan(f)) {
Serial.println("Failed to read from DHT sensor!");
return;
}

// Compute heat index


// Must send in temp in Fahrenheit!
float hi = dht.computeHeatIndex(f, h);

Serial.print("Humidity: ");
Serial.print(h);
Serial.print(" %\t");
Serial.print("Temperature: ");
Serial.print(t);
Serial.print(" *C ");
Serial.print(f);
Serial.print(" *F\t");
Serial.print("Heat index: ");
Serial.print(hi);
Serial.println(" *F");
}

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