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DHT11

dht11.jpg
dht11-pinout.jpg

Humidity and temperature sensor.

The temperature sensor is reasonably accurate but humidity is ludicrously inaccurate but can be used to determine humidity changes?

RPi

In the past (2/1/2016) the kernel mode for reading the DHT11 did not work reliably or at all but in 2024 it appears to be functional but may require a few retries.

config.txt
dtoverlay=dht11,gpiopin=17
Temperature
cat /sys/bus/iio/devices/iio:device0/in_temp_input
26000
Humidity
cat /sys/bus/iio/devices/iio:device0/in_humidityrelative_input
18000

Resources

Arduino guide

Translated data-sheet