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DHT12 temperature sensor and Raspberry Pi example

by shedboy71

The DHt12 is an upgraded version of the classic DHT11 humidity temperature sensor, it is fully downward compatible, more precise and adds an I2C interface.

Features:

compact size
low power consumption
low voltage operation
Standard I2C and 1-wire interface.

Sensing range
Temperature: -20 ~ +60 C
Humidity: 20-95 RH
Humidity:
Resolution: 0.1%RH
Repeat: -+ 1%RH
Precision 25C @ -+5RH
Temperature:
Resolution: 0.1C
Repeat: -+0.2C
Precision: 25C @ -+0.5C
Power: DC 2.7-5.5V
Normal current 1mA
Standby current 60uA
Sample cycle: > 2 seconds

Pin interface: 1. VDD 2. SDA 3. GND 4. SCL (connect to GND when use as 1-wire)

Layout

This shows how to connect the DHT12 to a Raspberry Pi

 

 

 

 

Code

[codesyntax lang=”python”]

import smbus

DEVICE = 0x5C #device I2C address
bus = smbus.SMBus(1)

def readdata(addr=DEVICE):

#read 5 bytes of data from the device address (0x05C) starting from an offset of zero
data = bus.read_i2c_block_data(addr,0x00, 5)

print “Humidity = ” + str(data[0]) + “.” + str(data[1]) + “%”
print “Temperature : ” + str(data[2]) + “.” + str(data[3]) + “C”

if (data[0] + data[1] + data[2] + data[3] == data[4]):
print “checksum is correct”
else:
print “checksum is incorrect”

if __name__==”__main__”:
readdata()

[/codesyntax]

 

Output

 

Link

Under $1 for one of these sensors

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