Digital DHT22

DHT22 #

The DHT-22 (AM2302) is a low cost device for measuring humidity and temperature. The DHT sensors are made of two parts, a capacitive humidity sensor and a thermistor. The device requires a 3 to 5V power supply. It uses a single data wire to communicate back to the Arduino. It has a fairly slow update rate and should only be sampled every 2 seconds.

DHT22-PinOut

In the second figure, you can see an AM2305 sensor. These sensors are compatible with DHT22 and have exactly the same code.

am2305

Documentation for DHT22 (or under ref. AM2302 or AM2303) humidity sensor is available here.

Connecting to Arduino #

dht22-arduino2

You can find the DHT22 (like the one shown in the figure below) on a small PCB which already has the resistor, in which case you don’t need to add the resistor.

dht22-res

Code example #

To use a DHT sensor model, you need to include the DHT library. If you have the DHT11 sensor instead of the DHT22, comment DHTTYPE DHT22 and uncomment DHTTYPE DHT11 lines.

/********************
 * Program:  DHT22 sensor tester
 * Description: print humidity and temperature to serial
 ********************/
 
#include <DHT.h>

//Constants
#define DHTPIN 2     // what pin on the arduino is the DHT22 data line connected to
#define DHTPWRPIN A1 // we can power with a pin

#define DHTTYPE DHT22   // DHT 22  (AM2302)
//#define DHTTYPE DHT11   // DHT 11
DHT dht(DHTPIN, DHTTYPE); // Initialize DHT sensor for normal 16mhz Arduino

void setup() { // to run once
  Serial.begin(38400); // Initialize the serial port
  Serial.println("DHT22 Humidity - Temperature Sensor");
  Serial.println("RH\t Temp (C)");
#ifdef DHTPWRPIN
  pinMode(DHTPWRPIN, OUTPUT);
  digitalWrite(DHTPWRPIN, HIGH);
  delay(500);
#endif       
  dht.begin();
}

void loop() {
  // 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();
  float t = dht.readTemperature();
  // Check if any reads failed and exit early (to try again).
  if (isnan(h) || isnan(t)) {
    Serial.println("Failed to read from DHT22 sensor!");
    return;
  }

  Serial.print(h); 
  Serial.print(" %\t\t");
  Serial.print(t); 
  Serial.print(" °C");
  // Wait a few seconds between measurements. The DHT22 should not be read at a higher frequency of
  // about once every 2 seconds. So we add a 3 second delay to cover this.
  delay(3000);
}
The raw source of the sketch example is visible here.

Enjoy!

2018 - Muhammad Ehsan, Mamour Diop & Congduc Pham