Integration of Sensor with Arduino
Sensors
• Electronic elements
• Converts physical quantity/ measurements into
electrical signals
• Can be analog or digital
Types of Sensors
Some commonly used sensors:
• Temperature
• Humidity
• Compass
• Light
• Sound
• Accelerometer
Digital Humidity and Temperature
Sensor(DTH)
PIN 1, 2, 3, 4 (from left to
right)
• PIN 1- 3.3V-5V Power
supply
• PIN 2- Data
• PIN 3- Null
• PIN 4- Ground
DHT Sensor Library Supported by Arduino
• Arduino supports a special library for the
DHT11 and DHT22 sensors.
• Provides function to read the temperature and
humidity values from the data pin.
➢dht.readHumidity()
➢dht.readTemperature()
(Here we are using Arduino ATMEGA 2560
IT has 4 UART)
Connection
• Connect pin 1 to the 3.3
V supply.
• Data pin (pin 2) can be
connected to any digital
pin, here 12
• Pin 3 is left open
• Connect pin 4 to the
ground (GND) pin of
the board
Installing the DHT Sensor Library
Go to Sketch ->
Include Library ->
Manage Library
Installing the DHT Sensor Library
• Search for DHT
SENSOR
• Select the “DHT
sensor library”
• install it
Program: Reading temperature and humidity
using DHT sensor
#include <DHT.h>;
DHT dht(8, DHT22); //Initialize DHT sensor
float humidity; //Stores humidity value
float temperature; //Stores temperature value
void setup()
{
Serial.begin(9600);
dht.begin(); //must be written
}
Reading temperature and humidity
using DHT sensor……
void loop()
{ humidity = dht.readHumidity();
temperature= dht.readTemperature();
Serial.print("Humidity: ");
Serial.print(humidity);
Serial.print("%, Temperature: ");
Serial.print(temperature);
Serial.println(" Celsius");
delay(2000); / /Delay of 2 seconds
}
Screen shot of written sketch
Steps
• Connect the board to the PC
• Set the port and board type
• Verify and upload the code
Output
• The readings are printed
at a delay of 2 seconds as
specified by the delay()
function
Output
Integration of Actuator with Arduino
Actuator
• Mechanical/Electro-mechanical device
• Converts energy into motion
• Mainly used to provide controlled motion to
other components
Basic Working Principle
• 4 Uses different combination of various
mechanical structures like screws, ball
bearings, gears to produce motion.
Types of Motor Actuators
• Servo motor
• Stepper motor
• Hydraulic motor
• Solenoid
• Relay
• AC motor
Servo Motor
• High precision motor
• Provides rotary motion 0
to 180 degree
3 wires in the Servo motor.
✓ Black or the darkest one
is Ground
✓ Red is for power supply
✓ Yellow for signal pin
Servo Library on Arduino
• Arduino provides the library-SERVO to
operate the servo motor.
• Create an instance of servo to use it in the
sketch
Servo motor Program
• #include <Servo.h> • voidloop(){
• int servoPin = 12; • ServoDemo.write(0);
• Servo ServoDemo; • delay(1000);
• void setup() • ServoDemo.write(90);
• { • delay(1000);
• ServoDemo.attach(serv • ServoDemo.write(180);
oPin); • delay(1000);
• } • }
Servo motor Program
• #include <Servo.h> //Including the servo library for the program
• int servoPin = 12;
• Servo ServoDemo; // Creating a servo object /instance
• void setup()
• { ServoDemo.attach(servoPin); // The servo pin must be
attached to the servo before it can be used
• }
Servo motor Program …
• voidloop()
• {
• ServoDemo.write(0); //Servo moves to 0 degrees
• delay(1000);
• ServoDemo.write(90); // Servo moves to90 degrees
• delay(1000);
• ServoDemo.write(180); // Servo moves to 180 degrees
• delay(1000);
• }
Important points about sketch
• Create an instance of Servo .
• The instance must be attached to the pin
before being used in the code .
• Write() function takes the degree value and
rotates the motor accordingly
Connection
• Connect the Ground of the servo to the ground
of the Arduino board.
• Connect the power supply wire to the 5V pin
of the board.
• Connect the signal wire to any digital output
pin (we have used pin 8).
Connection(image)
Board Set up
• Connect the board to the PC .
• Set the port and board type .
• Verify and upload the code
Output
• The motor turns 0, 90
and 180 degrees with a
delay of 1 second each.
Some other functions available with the Servo
library:
• Knob()
• Sweep()
• write()
• writeMicroseconds()
• read()
• attached()
• detach()
