Parts: Precision humidity and temperature sensor (SHT1x/7x)

posted Dec 29th 2008 10:03am by Ian
filed under: parts, tool hacks

sht11

Sensirion’s SHTxx is a digitally interfaced humidity and temperature sensor. Accurate humidity measurements usually require careful analog design, but the SHTxx moves all that complicated stuff into a single chip. Through-hole (SHT7x) and surface mount (SHT1x) versions are available, we used the surface mount SHT11 with +/-3% accuracy. We’ll show you how to use the SHTxx below.

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