This is a super sensitive, precise sensor for just 35 dollars (for example here at adafruit)
It tells you the temperature too.
I adapted this from my tutorial on my blog
I was trying to figure out how to use the Sensirion Parallax humitidy sensor to output humidity data using Arduino. Finally, I found a library If you want to measure humidity data using the SHT11.
It tells you the temperature too.
I adapted this from my tutorial on my blog
I was trying to figure out how to use the Sensirion Parallax humitidy sensor to output humidity data using Arduino. Finally, I found a library If you want to measure humidity data using the SHT11.
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Many many thanks gabriellalevine !!!
just out of curiosity, how much did the sensor cost you and is there a way to get the raw components together to solder myself so that this would be EVEN cheaper ???
(Note: im always making homemade PCB's and prefer to buy lose components to make 5 units for the price of 1 !!! lol)
Wow, i think we have two completely different thoughts of what inexpensive mean, lol x 2! !!!
You've made an AWESOME instructable so MAJOR credit to you there but inexpensive to my eyes is something like This!!!
(which is what will be replacing the SHT11 humidity sensor in the future!)
Thats ONLY £0.99p !!!!! ( $1.56 USD !!!!!!!!!! )
and as the schematic shows that this humidity sensor's circuitry only uses TWO resistors and a PCB im really wondering how-on-earth thats all worth such an 'Extortionate' PRICE especially when Resistors are worth around 0.01 or even 0.001 in ANY currency, lol x 2 !!!
You can find real easy Homemade PCB making techniques here on instructables and i guarantee you - you'll get more satisfaction out of your projects if you make them all almost from scratch, save yourself 100's of Dollars that you can better spend on MORE components!!! lol x 2 !!!!
Somehow i dont think two Resistors, a TINY PCB and a Humidity sensor is worth $35 USD - Not in a million years !!! (Especially for the poorest of the poor people out there, like me, lol !!!)
Anyhoo thanks again for the TOP 'ible as ive been looking for the circuitry to make a PCB for my humidity sensor for weeks, major thanks for the point in the right direction & im looking forward to the addon of how to visualise this data in a graph !!!
5-STARTS ADDED !!!
http://www.adafruit.com/products/386
http://www.adafruit.com/products/385
http://www.adafruit.com/products/393
i appreciate the sentiment though!
But if it wasnt for your handy 'ible i would still be stuck in trying to create a PCB for my selection of humidity sensors i have acquired over the last few months!!
i have the 1st two humidity sensors you posted links to but bought them from my fav.electronics superstore - EBAY - lol ! and at a Quarter of the price that adafruit are selling them for and i even had free shipping!
always check out ebay as ive found that 8 times out of 10 you'll find exactly what you need as long as you dont mind the 2/3 weeks from buying from China/Honk Kong as they charge such low prices for their electronics that i buy a good 90% of my electronics from them!
The 'Big-Name' companies tend to inflate the prices of these things considerably but with the SHT11 sensor i did see in the datasheet that it is indeed FAST with detecting changes in Temp/Humidity as opposed to the DHT11/DHT22 varients. I guess that naturally the more you pay, the better tech you get a !!!!!!
So infact its a Major-Thanks for the nicely laid out 'ible, nice and simple for my beginner-electonics-brain to handle !
no bad karma at all !!
;-)