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Home » Arduino » Arduino DHT22 (AM2302) Tutorial + Library

Arduino DHT22 (AM2302) Tutorial + Library

Posted on February 17th

You can use the DHT22 (or AM2302) humidity/temperature sensor and the
Arduino UNO board to read data and print it out to the serial monitor or to display it
on an LCD. In my case I chose the serial monitor version because is faster and
cheaper, but you may want to look at other articles, including this one, if you want to
use an LCD.

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I’ve chosen the DHT22 over DHT11 because it has a wider range of measurement, 0 to
100% for humidity and -40°C to +125°C for temperature. Also it has a digital output
(Single-bus) that provides higher data accuracy. I also use a DC fan that will start
spinning when the humidity level reaches 60% or the temperature is higher than
40°C, but you may change these values in the sketch.

Arduino DHT22 Wiring, Circuit and Photos

Arduino DHT22 humidity and temperature simple projec...

In the sketch you can see that I use the Adafruit DHT library that is very simple to use
and if you follow the code line by line your project will have zero errors.

Arduino DHT22 sketch

1. #include "DHT.h"
2.  
3. #define DHTPIN 2 // what pin we're connected to
4. #define DHTTYPE DHT22 // DHT 22 (AM2302)
5. #define fan 4
6.  
7. int maxHum = 60;
8. int maxTemp = 40;
9.  
10. DHT dht(DHTPIN, DHTTYPE);
11.  
12. void setup() {
13. pinMode(fan, OUTPUT);
14. Serial.begin(9600);
15. dht.begin();
16. }
17.  
18. void loop() {
19. // Wait a few seconds between measurements.
20. delay(2000);
21.  
22. // Reading temperature or humidity takes about 250 milliseconds!
23. // Sensor readings may also be up to 2 seconds 'old' (its a very slow sensor)
24. float h = dht.readHumidity();
25. // Read temperature as Celsius
26. float t = dht.readTemperature();
27.
28. // Check if any reads failed and exit early (to try again).
29. if (isnan(h) || isnan(t)) {
30. Serial.println("Failed to read from DHT sensor!");
31. return;
32. }
33.
34. if(h > maxHum || t > maxTemp) {
35. digitalWrite(fan, HIGH);
36. } else {
37. digitalWrite(fan, LOW);
38. }
39.
40. Serial.print("Humidity: ");
41. Serial.print(h);
42. Serial.print(" %\t");
43. Serial.print("Temperature: ");
44. Serial.print(t);
45. Serial.println(" *C ");
46.  
47. }

download the sketch

You may want to change maxHum and maxTemp values to the ones you desire the
fan to start. You may also use a relay instead of the fan if you need to connect some
other equipment that requires higher voltages. Also do not forget to connect a 10K
resistor between Vcc and Data pin on DHT22 sensor.

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Comments

1.
Manar

I like it could you please add other projects using other kind of sensors thanks in
advance.

Posted on February 19, 2015

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2.
irshadshark

It’s nice but I need full instruction

Posted on February 20, 2015

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3.
electron

hey sorry my arduino is giving me an error about DHT please help

Posted on May 25, 2015

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4.
anthony

Hi i have everything setp the way you have it in the diagrams but my fan wont
 respond to my dht22 readings i have tried changing the stats in the script but all
i can get is a reading from the dht22

Posted on June 7, 2015

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5.
Troy

Cool article, I have mine with the LCD shield though. I was just after some
pointers

@anthony: Perhaps try with an LED, or use the onboard LED to test with. for
example. I just tried it with PIN13 (UNO’s built in LED), and the LED illuminated
fine. Change the code to accept a lower max temperature, then re-upload it.

int maxTemp = 40;

change it to….

int maxTemp = 15;

and you may find that the fan/LED works fine

Posted on August 22, 2015

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6.
Tim

Are you using a 3pin or 4pin fan?

Posted on November 14, 2015

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7.
Anup kumar

I am getting “Failed to read Sensor data!”..

So many times I executed…same thing

Posted on December 7, 2015

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