DHT11 temperature-humidity sensor

Description

The DHT11 temperature-humidity sensor is an ultra-low-cost digital temperature and humidity sensor. It uses a capacitive humidity sensor and a thermistor to measure the surrounding air and spits out a digital signal on the data pin (no analog input pins needed). It is fairly straightforward to use but requires careful timing to grab data. The only real downside of this sensor is you can only get new data from it once every 2 seconds, so when using our library, sensor readings can be up to 2 seconds old

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION

1. Low cost
2. 3 to 5V power and I/O
3. 2.5mA max current use during conversion (while requesting data)
4. Good for 20-80% humidity readings with 5% accuracy
5. Good for 0-50°C temperature readings ±2°C accuracy
6. No more than 1 Hz sampling rate (once every second)
7. Body size 15.5mm x 12mm x 5.5mm
8. 4 pins with 0.1″ spacing