Homemade Raspberry Pi pico using RP2040—— [3/100] Using dht11 temperature and humidity sensor

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Homemade Raspberry Pi pico using RP2040—— [3/100] Using dht11 temperature and humidity sensor

Software: Thonny

dht.py driver library

You need to create a new dht.py file in pico, if you import dht without error, you can use it

import array
import micropython
import utime
from machine import Pin
from micropython import const
 
class InvalidChecksum(Exception):
    pass
 
class InvalidPulseCount(Exception):
    pass
 
MAX_UNCHANGED = const(100)
MIN_INTERVAL_US = const(200000)
HIGH_LEVEL = const(50)
EXPECTED_PULSES = const(84)
 
class DHT11:
    _temperature: float
    _humidity: float
 
    def __init__(self, pin):
        self._pin = pin
        self._last_measure = utime.ticks_us()
        self._temperature = -1
        self._humidity = -1
 
    def measure(self):
        current_ticks = utime.ticks_us()
        if utime.ticks_diff(current_ticks, self._last_measure) < MIN_INTERVAL_US and (
            self._temperature > -1 or self._humidity > -1
        ):
            # Less than a second since last read, which is too soon according
            # to the datasheet
            return
 
        self._send_init_signal()
        pulses = self._capture_pulses()
        buffer = self._convert_pulses_to_buffer(pulses)
        self._verify_checksum(buffer)
 
        self._humidity = buffer[0] + buffer[1] / 10
        self._temperature = buffer[2] + buffer[3] / 10
        self._last_measure = utime.ticks_us()
 
    @property
    def humidity(self):
        self.measure()
        return self._humidity
 
    @property
    def temperature(self):
        self.measure()
        return self._temperature
 
    def _send_init_signal(self):
        self._pin.init(Pin.OUT, Pin.PULL_DOWN)
        self._pin.value(1)
        utime.sleep_ms(50)
        self._pin.value(0)
        utime.sleep_ms(18)
 
    @micropython.native
    def _capture_pulses(self):
        pin = self._pin
        pin.init(Pin.IN, Pin.PULL_UP)
 
        val = 1
        idx = 0
        transitions = bytearray(EXPECTED_PULSES)
        unchanged = 0
        timestamp = utime.ticks_us()
 
        while unchanged < MAX_UNCHANGED:
            if val != pin.value():
                if idx >= EXPECTED_PULSES:
                    raise InvalidPulseCount(
                        "Got more than {} pulses".format(EXPECTED_PULSES)
                    )
                now = utime.ticks_us()
                transitions[idx] = now - timestamp
                timestamp = now
                idx += 1
 
                val = 1 - val
                unchanged = 0
            else:
                unchanged += 1
        pin.init(Pin.OUT, Pin.PULL_DOWN)
        if idx != EXPECTED_PULSES:
            raise InvalidPulseCount(
                "Expected {} but got {} pulses".format(EXPECTED_PULSES, idx)
            )
        return transitions[4:]
 
    def _convert_pulses_to_buffer(self, pulses):
        """Convert a list of 80 pulses into a 5 byte buffer
        The resulting 5 bytes in the buffer will be:
            0: Integral relative humidity data
            1: Decimal relative humidity data
            2: Integral temperature data
            3: Decimal temperature data
            4: Checksum
        """
        # Convert the pulses to 40 bits
        binary = 0
        for idx in range(0, len(pulses), 2):
            binary = binary << 1 | int(pulses[idx] > HIGH_LEVEL)
 
        # Split into 5 bytes
        buffer = array.array("B")
        for shift in range(4, -1, -1):
            buffer.append(binary >> shift * 8 & 0xFF)
        return buffer
 
    def _verify_checksum(self, buffer):
        # Calculate checksum
        checksum = 0
        for buf in buffer[0:4]:
            checksum += buf
        if checksum & 0xFF != buffer[4]:
            raise InvalidChecksum()

main.py

Execute the following code in the main function to see the running results

from machine import Pin, I2C
import utime as time
from dht import DHT11, InvalidChecksum

while True:
    time.sleep(3)
    pin = Pin(15, Pin.OUT, Pin.PULL_DOWN)
    sensor = DHT11(pin)
    t  = (sensor.temperature)
    h = (sensor.humidity)
    print("Temperature: {}".format(sensor.temperature))
    print("Humidity: {}".format(sensor.humidity))

The following is the temperature data measured by using dht11, the figure is TM1637 digital tube