Internet of Things with the Arduino Yn

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Connecting the sensors to the

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BeforedoinganythingrelatedtotheWeb,wewillfirstmakesurethatour

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hardwareisworkingcorrectly.Wearegoingtomakethecorrect
hardwareconnectionsbetweenthedifferentcomponentsandwritea
simpleArduinosketchtotestallthesesensorsindividually.Bydoingthis,

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wewillensurethatyoumakeallthehardwareconnectionscorrectly,and
thiswillhelpalotifyouencounterproblemsinthenextsectionsofthis
chapterthatusemorecomplexArduinosketches.
Thehardwareconnectionsrequiredforourprojectareactuallyquite

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simple.WehavetoconnecttheDHT11sensorandthenthepart
responsibleforthelightlevelmeasurementwiththephotocellby
performingthefollowingsteps:
1. First,weconnecttheArduinoYnboard's+5Vpintotheredrailon
thebreadboardandthegroundpintothebluerail.
2. Then,weconnectpinnumber1oftheDHT11sensortotheredrail
onthebreadboardandpinnumber4tothebluerail.Also,connect
pinnumber2ofthesensortopinnumber8oftheArduinoYn
board.
3. TocompletetheDHT11sensorconnections,clampthe4.7kOhm
resistorbetweenpinnumbers1and2ofthesensor.
Forthephotocell,firstplacethecellinserieswiththe10kOhmresistor
onthebreadboard.Thispulldownresistorwillensurethatduringthe
operation,ifthereisnolightatall,thevoltageseenbytheArduinoboard
willbe0V.Then,connecttheotherendofthephotocelltotheredrailon
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thebreadboardandtheendoftheresistortotheground.Finally,connect
thecommonpintotheArduinoYnboardanalogpinA0.
ThefollowingimagemadeusingtheFritzingsoftwaresummarizesthe
hardwareconnections:

Nowthatthehardwareconnectionsaredone,wewillworkontestingthe
sensorswithoutuploadinganythingtotheWeb.Let'sgothroughthe
importantpartsofthecode.
First,wehavetoimportthelibraryfortheDHT11sensor,asfollows:

#include"DHT.h"

Then,weneedtodeclareacoupleofvariablesthatwillstorethe
measurements,asshowninthefollowingcode.Thesevariablesare
declaredasfloatsbecausetheDHTsensorlibraryreturnsfloatnumbers.

intlightLevel
floathumidity
floattemperature

Also,wecandefinethesensorpinandsensortypeasfollows:

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#defineDHTPIN8
#defineDHTTYPEDHT11

CreatetheDHTinstanceasfollows:

DHTdht(DHTPIN,DHTTYPE)

Now,inthesetup()partofthesketch,weneedtostarttheserial
connection,asfollows:

Serial.begin(115200)

Next,inordertoinitializetheDHTsensor,wehavethefollowing:
dht.begin()

Intheloop()part,wearegoingtoperformthedifferentmeasurements.
First,wewillcalculatethetemperatureandhumidity,asfollows:

floathumidity=dht.readHumidity()
floattemperature=dht.readTemperature()

Then,measurethelightlevel,asfollows:

intlightLevel=analogRead(A0)

Finally,weprintallthedataontheserialmonitor,asshowninthe
followingcode:

Serial.print("Temperature:")
Serial.println(temperature)
Serial.print("Humidity:")
Serial.println(humidity)
Serial.print("Lightlevel:")
Serial.println(lightLevel)
Serial.println("")

Repeatthisevery2seconds,asshown:
delay(2000)

Thecompletesketchforthispartcanbefoundat
https://github.com/openhomeautomation/geekyprojects
yun/tree/master/chapter1/sensors_test.
Nowit'stimetotestthesketchanduploadittotheArduinoboard.Then,
opentheserialmonitorandyoushouldhavethedatathatcomesfromthe
sensorsbeingdisplayed,asshowninthefollowingscreenshot:

Ifyoucanseethedifferentmeasurementsbeingdisplayedasinthe
previousscreenshot,itmeansthatyouhavemadethecorrecthardware
connectionsonyourbreadboardandthatyoucanproceedtothenext
sectionsofthischapter.
Ifitisnotthecase,pleasecheckalltheconnectionsagainindividuallyby
followingtheinstructionsinthissection.Pleasemakesurethatyou
haven'tforgottenthe4.7kOhmresistorwiththeDHTsensor,asthe
measurementsfromthissensorwon'tworkwithoutit.

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