Welcome!

Thank you for purchasing our AZ-Delivery DHT11 Temperature/Humidity

Sensor Module. On the following pages, you will be introduced to how to use
and set-up this handy device.

Have fun!
 Table of Contents

Introduction......................................................................................................3
Specifications...................................................................................................4
The pinout........................................................................................................6
How to set-up Arduino IDE...............................................................................7
How to set-up the Raspberry Pi and Python..................................................11
Connecting the module with Uno...................................................................12
Library for Arduino IDE...............................................................................13
Sketch example..........................................................................................14
Connecting the module with Raspberry Pi.....................................................16
Library and tools for Python........................................................................17
Python script...............................................................................................18

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 Introduction

The DHT11 sensor is relative humidity and temperature sensor that outputs a
digital signal. It uses a capacitive humidity sensor and a thermistor to
measure the humidity and the temperature of the surrounding air.

Temperature measuring range of the DHT11 sensor is from 0°C to +50°C,

with ±2°C accuracy. The humidity measuring range is from 20% to 90%, with
±5% accuracy.

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 Specifications

Operating voltage range: from 3.3V to 5V DC

Max operating current: 2.5mA max
Humidity range: 20% - 90% with accuracy of 5%
Temperature range: 0°C - 50°C with accuracy of ±2°C
Sampling rate: 1Hz (reading once per second)
Dimensions: 15 x 32 x 9mm [0.6 x 1.3 x 0.35in]

Inside the case, on the sensing side of the DHT11 sensor, there is a humidity
sensing component along with an NTC temperature sensor (or thermistor).

The Humidity sensing component is used to measure relative humidity, it has

two electrodes with moisture holding substrate (usually salt or conductive
plastic polymer) sandwiched between electrodes. The ions are released by
the substrate as water vapor is absorbed by it, which in turn increases the
conductivity between the electrodes. The change in resistance between the
two electrodes is proportional to the relative humidity.

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Higher relative humidity decreases the resistance between the electrodes,
while lower relative humidity increases the resistance between the electrodes.

The temperature sensing part of the sensor consists of an NTC temperature

sensor (thermistor). A thermistor is a thermal resistor, a resistor that changes
its resistance with temperature. Technically, all resistors are thermistors, their
resistance changes slightly with temperature, but the change is usually small
and difficult to measure. Thermistors are made so that the resistance
changes drastically with temperature. The resistance change can be up to
100Ω per degree of temperature. The term NTC means Negative
Temperature Coefficient, which means that the resistance decreases with the
increase of temperature.

On the other side, there is a small PCB with an 8-bit SOIC-14 packaged
integrated circuit (IC for short). The IC measures and processes the analog
signal with stored calibration coefficients, does analog to digital conversion
and outputs a digital signal with the data that contains information for
temperature and humidity.

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 The pinout

VCC pin - supplies power for the sensor. Although supply voltage can
range between 3.3V and 5V, а 5V supply is recommended. In the case of а
5V power supply, a cable that connects sensor and microcontroller can be up
to 20 meters long. However, with 3.3V supply voltage, cable length shall not
be longer than one meter, otherwise, the line voltage drop will lead to errors in
measurement.

DATA pin - is the data pin and it is used for communication between the
sensor and the microcontroller.

GND pin - is a ground pin and should be connected to the common ground
or 0V (on Uno or Raspberry Pi).

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 How to set-up Arduino IDE

If the Arduino IDE is not installed, follow the link and download the installation
file for the operating system of choice.

For Windows users, double click on the downloaded .exe file and follow the
instructions in the installation window.

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For Linux users, download a file with the extension .tar.xz, which has to
be extracted. When it is extracted, go to the extracted directory and open the
terminal in that directory. Two .sh scripts have to be executed, the first called
arduino-linux-setup.sh and the second called install.sh.

To run the first script in the terminal, open the terminal in the extracted
directory and run the following command:
sh arduino-linux-setup.sh user_name
user_name - is the name of a superuser in Linux operating system. A
password for the superuser has to be entered when the command is started.
Wait for a few minutes for the script to complete everything.

The second script, called install.sh has to be used after the installation of
the first script. Run the following command in the terminal (extracted
directory): sh install.sh

After the installation of these scripts, go to the All Apps, where the Arduino
IDE is installed.

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Almost all operating systems come with a text editor preinstalled (for
example, Windows comes with Notepad, Linux Ubuntu comes with
Gedit, Linux Raspbian comes with Leafpad, etc.). All of these text
editors are perfectly fine for the purpose of the eBook.

Next thing is to check if your PC can detect an Arduino board. Open freshly
installed Arduino IDE, and go to:
Tools > Board > {your board name here}
{your board name here} should be the Arduino/Genuino Uno, as it can be
seen on the following image:

The port to which the Arduino board is connected has to be selected. Go to:
Tools > Port > {port name goes here}
and when the Arduino board is connected to the USB port, the port name can
be seen in the drop-down menu on the previous image.

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If the Arduino IDE is used on Windows, port names are as follows:

For Linux users, for example port name is /dev/ttyUSBx, where x

represents integer number between 0 and 9.

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 How to set-up the Raspberry Pi and Python

For the Raspberry Pi, first the operating system has to be installed, then
everything has to be set-up so that it can be used in the Headless mode.
The Headless mode enables remote connection to the Raspberry Pi,
without the need for a PC screen Monitor, mouse or keyboard. The only
things that are used in this mode are the Raspberry Pi itself, power supply
and internet connection. All of this is explained minutely in the free eBook:
Raspberry Pi Quick Startup Guide

The Raspbian operating system comes with Python preinstalled

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 Connecting the module with Uno

Connect the module with the Uno as shown on the following image:

Module pin Uno pin Wire color

DATA D2 Blue Wire
GND GND Black Wire
VCC 5V Red Wire

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 Library for Arduino IDE

To use the module with Uno it is recommended to download an external

library. The most simple library that is used in this eBook is called the
SimpleDHT library, which can be downloaded on the following link.

When the .zip file is downloaded, open Arduino IDE and go to:
Sketch > Include Library > Add .ZIP Library
and add the downloaded zip file.

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 Sketch example

Go to: File > Examples > SimpleDHT > DHT11Default

and open the sketch. The following is the sketch code:

#include <SimpleDHT.h>
int pinDHT11 = 2;
SimpleDHT11 dht11(pinDHT11);
void setup() { Serial.begin(9600); }
void loop() {
Serial.println("Sample DHT11...");
float temperature = 0;
float humidity = 0;
int err = SimpleDHTErrSuccess;
if((err=dht11.read2(&temperature, &humidity, NULL)) != SimpleDHTErrSuccess){
Serial.print("Read DHT11 failed, err=");
Serial.println(err);
delay(2000);
return;
}
Serial.print("Sample OK: ");
Serial.print((float)temperature);
Serial.print(" *C, ");
Serial.print((float)humidity);
Serial.println(" RH%");
delay(1500); // DHT11 sampling rate is 1HZ.
}

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Upload the sketch to the Uno and run the Serial Monitor (Tools > Serial
Monitor). The result should look like as on the following image:

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 Connecting the module with Raspberry Pi

Connect the module with the Raspberry Pi as shown on the following image:

Module pin Raspberry Pi pin Physical pin Wire color

GND GND 14 Black Wire
DATA GPIO22 15 Blue Wire
VCC 3V3 17 Red Wire

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 Library and tools for Python

In order to use the DHT11 with a Raspberry Pi, it is recommended to

download and install an external library. The library that is used in this eBook
is called Adafruit_DHT. To install the library make sure that Raspbian is up
to date. Start your Raspberry Pi, open the terminal and run the following
commands:
The first command is for making the system up to date:
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade -y

If the pip3 tool is not installed, run the following command:

sudo apt-get install python3-pip

The third command is for additional tools, used for installing libraries:
sudo python3 -m pip install --upgrade pip setuptools
wheel
Next, use the pip3 to install the library. To do so, run the following command:
sudo pip3 install Adafruit_DHT

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 Python script

import Adafruit_DHT
from time import sleep

sensor = Adafruit_DHT.DHT11
pin = 22 # DHT11 sensor connected to GPIO22

degree_sign = u'\xb0' # degree sign

print('press CTRL+C to end the script')

try: # Main program loop
while True:
humidity, temperature = Adafruit_DHT.read_retry(sensor,pin)
sleep(1.5)
if humidity is not None and temperature is not None:
print('Temp = {:0.1f}{}C – Humidity = {:0.1f}%'
.format(temperature,degree_sign,humidity))
else:
print('Failed to get reading. Try again!')

except KeyboardInterrupt:
print('\nScript end!')

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Save the script by the name dht11.py. To run the script, open the terminal
in the directory where the script is saved and run the following command:
python3 dht11.py

The result should look like as on the following image:

To stop the script press ‘CTRL + C’ on the keyboard.

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Now it is the time to learn and make your own projects. You can do that with
the help of many example scripts and other tutorials, which can be found on
the Internet.

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Raspberry Pi, AZ-Delivery Vertriebs GmbH is the right company to get
them from. You will be provided with numerous application examples,
full installation guides, eBooks, libraries and assistance from our
technical experts.

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