Interface DHT11 Using Arduino

In this Instructables you will learn how to set up the DHT11 Humidity and Temperature sensor on your Arduino UNO. And learn about how the Humidity sensor works, and how to check output readings from the Serial monitor

Description:

The DHT11 detects water vapor by measuring the electrical resistance between two electrodes. The humidity sensing component is a moisture holding substrate with electrodes applied to the surface. When water vapor is absorbed by the substrate, ions are released by the substrate which increases the conductivity between the electrodes. The change in resistance between the two electrodes is proportional to the relative humidity. Higher relative humidity decreases the resistance between the electrodes, while lower relative humidity increases the resistance between the electrodes.

Step 1: Components Required

Here is the list of components required to get started with the Instructable,

Hardware Components:

1. Arduino UNO Buy From Flipkart
2. DHT11 Humidity and Temperature sensor Buy From Flipkart
3. Breadboard (Optional)
4. Jumper Wires
5. USB Cable

Software Components:

Arduino IDE

Step 2: Wiring the Circuit

Wiring the DHT11 to the Arduino UNO is really easy.

The wiring connections are made as follows :

VCC pin of the DHT11 goes into +3v of the Arduino.

DATA pin of the DHT11 goes into Analog Pin A0 of the UNO.

GND Pin of the DHT11 goes into Ground Pin (GND) of the UNO.

Step 3: Programming the Arduino

Download the Zip file

Extract the DHT Library and code.

Code:

#include "dht.h"
#define dht_apin A0 // Analog Pin sensor is connected to Arduino
dht DHT;

The Above lines are initialization for dht library

Defining data pin of dht

and creating instatnce as DHT

void setup(){  
  Serial.begin(9600);
  delay(500);//Delay to let system boot
  Serial.println("DHT11 Humidity & temperature Sensor\n\n");
  delay(1000);//Wait before accessing Sensor
}

Above lines are the setup code

Starts serial communication at 9600 baud rate

print the name of project with delay of 1 sec

void loop(){
    DHT.read11(dht_apin);
    Serial.print("Current humidity = ");
    Serial.print(DHT.humidity);
    Serial.print("%  ");
    Serial.print("temperature = ");
    Serial.print(DHT.temperature); 
    Serial.println("C  ");
    delay(5000);//Wait 5 seconds before accessing sensor again. 
}

It reads data from DHT11 repeatedly every 5 Sec

Step 4: Result

Open Serial Monitor

set the baud rate to 9600

See the result on Serial Monitor....

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