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3. Typical Application (Figure 1)

Figure 1 Typical Application

Note: 3Pin – Null; MCU = Micro-computer Unite or single chip Computer

When the connecting cable is shorter than 20 metres, a 5K pull-up resistor is recommended;

when the connecting cable is longer than 20 metres, choose a appropriate pull-up resistor as

needed.

4. Power and Pin

DHT11’s power supply is 3-5.5V DC. When power is supplied to the sensor, do not send any

instruction to the sensor in within one second in order to pass the unstable status. One

capacitor valued 100nF can be added between VDD and GND for power filtering.

5. Communication Process: Serial Interface (Single-Wire Two-Way)

Single-bus data format is used for communication and synchronization between MCU and

DHT11 sensor. One communication process is about 4ms.

Data consists of decimal and integral parts. A complete data transmission is 40bit, and the

sensor sends higher data bit first.

Data format: 8bit integral RH data + 8bit decimal RH data + 8bit integral T data + 8bit decimal T

data + 8bit check sum. If the data transmission is right, the check-sum should be the last 8bit of

"8bit integral RH data + 8bit decimal RH data + 8bit integral T data + 8bit decimal T data".