Saturday, January 24, 2015

DHT22 Temperature sensor

I got my DHT22 sensor the other day, and finally had time to test it out today. Here are the results of this test.

Run Beginning Temperature Beginning DHT22 Final Temperature Final DHT22
With 10kOhm Resistor 23C 22.6C -16C -15.9C

So, the temperature sensor is really good.  I think it will be perfectly satisfactory as far as calibration goes. However, there is a problem that I have noticed. That has to do with response time.  

To go from 9.3C to -1.8C, it took about 13 minutes.  
To go from -1.8C to 17.1C, it took about 15 minutes.

Now, I was doing this test with extreme changes in temperature (Counter to Freezer, and vice-versa). I'll have to wait until the tethered test in order to see if it will actually work, or if this will cause a problem.  That test will be in a couple of weeks, after I get the pressure sensor working, which is my next task.

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