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Raspberry Pi Sensors

Raspberry Pi Sensors

By : Rushi Gajjar
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Raspberry Pi Sensors

Raspberry Pi Sensors

4.4 (9)
By: Rushi Gajjar

Overview of this book

This book is perfect for hardware enthusiasts who want to develop amazing projects using Raspberry Pi. Some knowledge and experience working with Linux, C, and Python is a plus, but once you're set up to go, you'll be ready to push the creative capabilities of your Raspberry Pi even further.
Table of Contents (10 chapters)
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InsideDHT – temperature and humidity sensors


DHT is a combined pack of temperature and humidity sensors. These sensors are ideal for hobbyists who just want to do some data logging. DHT11 sensors are slow in terms of retrieving data. As it is a combined pack, it contains a resistive thermal sensor (a thermistor) and capacitive humidity sensor. A thermistor changes its resistance value depending on the changes in temperature. Technically, all resistors act as thermistors because they dissipate heat when the current is passed through them and are responsible for power losses. However, a resistor's characteristic is that when they are heated up from the external source, the resistance values changes a little bit, which is not so effective to be measured. But this is not the case with the thermistor; its resistance values change in terms of several hundred ohms when there is a slight change in the ambient temperature. A DHT11 temperature sensor provides accuracy near to 2 degree Celsius in the...

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