Pure Python library for reading DHT sensor on Pycom boards
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@Jurassic-Pork No result with a DHT22 & LoPy. The same sensor works fine with the code, found below in the thread you referred to https://forum.pycom.io/topic/948/dht-11-sensor-always-return-same-value/14. I could make it run by:
a) set the output pin to 1 in the init method.
b) removed the two calls to __send_and_sleep() in method read()
c) Increased the buffer size to 500
d) changed the start of __collect_input to:def __collect_input(self): # collect the data while unchanged found unchanged_count = 0 # this is used to determine where is the end of the data max_unchanged_count = 100 last = -1 data = [] m = [1]*500 # needs long sample size to grab all the bits from the DHT self.__pin(0) time.sleep_us(20000) self.__pin(1) irqf = disable_irq() for i in range(len(m)): m[i] = self.__pin() ## sample input and store value enable_irq(irqf) for i in range(len(m)): current = m[i] data.append(current) if last != current: unchanged_count = 0 last = current else: unchanged_count += 1 if unchanged_count > max_unchanged_count: break #print(data) return dataIt is essential, at least for the sensor model I use, that the starting low pulse is immediately before the reading sequence and not too long.
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@robert-hh Could you maybe post a full code example where the DHT22 works on the Lopy?
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@robert-hh
can you add the lines 46, 51, 52 in the code of method read in the file dth.py to see what is wrong :
you must see something like this :
i know that timing is crucial to record the data.
Timing of the AM2302 :
The start signal is generated in the source code of dth.py by :
# pull down to low
self.__send_and_sleep(0, 0.04)
The parse_data_pull_up_lengths method is used to skip the sequence after the start signal (response signal) and to "capture" only the 40 bits of data. -
@RobTuDelft Here is the code of dth.py which works for me. It still contains the print statements for some intermediate data.
import time from machine import enable_irq, disable_irq, Pin class DTHResult: 'DHT sensor result returned by DHT.read() method' ERR_NO_ERROR = 0 ERR_MISSING_DATA = 1 ERR_CRC = 2 error_code = ERR_NO_ERROR temperature = -1 humidity = -1 def __init__(self, error_code, temperature, humidity): self.error_code = error_code self.temperature = temperature self.humidity = humidity def is_valid(self): return self.error_code == DTHResult.ERR_NO_ERROR class DTH: 'DHT sensor (dht11, dht21,dht22) reader class for Pycom' __pin = Pin('P3', mode=Pin.OPEN_DRAIN) __dhttype = 0 def __init__(self, pin, sensor=0): self.__pin = pin self.__pin(1) self.__dhttype = sensor def read(self): time.sleep(1) # send initial high #self.__send_and_sleep(1, 25000) # pull down to low #self.__send_and_sleep(0, 40000) # collect data into an array data = self.__collect_input() # parse lengths of all data pull up periods pull_up_lengths = self.__parse_data_pull_up_lengths(data) # if bit count mismatch, return error (4 byte data + 1 byte checksum) print(pull_up_lengths) if len(pull_up_lengths) != 40: return DTHResult(DTHResult.ERR_MISSING_DATA, 0, 0) # calculate bits from lengths of the pull up periods bits = self.__calculate_bits(pull_up_lengths) # we have the bits, calculate bytes the_bytes = self.__bits_to_bytes(bits) print(the_bytes) # calculate checksum and check checksum = self.__calculate_checksum(the_bytes) if the_bytes[4] != checksum: return DTHResult(DTHResult.ERR_CRC, 0, 0) # ok, we have valid data, return it [int_rh, dec_rh, int_t, dec_t, csum] = the_bytes if self.__dhttype==0: #dht11 rh = int_rh #dht11 20% ~ 90% t = int_t #dht11 0..50°C else: #dht21,dht22 rh = ((int_rh * 256) + dec_rh)/10 t = (((int_t & 0x7F) * 256) + dec_t)/10 if (int_t & 0x80) > 0: t *= -1 return DTHResult(DTHResult.ERR_NO_ERROR, t, rh) def __send_and_sleep(self, output, mysleep): self.__pin(output) time.sleep_us(mysleep) def __collect_input(self): # collect the data while unchanged found unchanged_count = 0 # this is used to determine where is the end of the data max_unchanged_count = 100 last = -1 data = [] m = [1]*500 # needs long sample size to grab all the bits from the DHT self.__pin(0) time.sleep_us(20000) self.__pin(1) irqf = disable_irq() for i in range(len(m)): m[i] = self.__pin() ## sample input and store value enable_irq(irqf) for i in range(len(m)): current = m[i] data.append(current) if last != current: unchanged_count = 0 last = current else: unchanged_count += 1 if unchanged_count > max_unchanged_count: break #print(data) return data def __parse_data_pull_up_lengths(self, data): STATE_INIT_PULL_DOWN = 1 STATE_INIT_PULL_UP = 2 STATE_DATA_FIRST_PULL_DOWN = 3 STATE_DATA_PULL_UP = 4 STATE_DATA_PULL_DOWN = 5 state = STATE_INIT_PULL_UP lengths = [] # will contain the lengths of data pull up periods current_length = 0 # will contain the length of the previous period for i in range(len(data)): current = data[i] current_length += 1 if state == STATE_INIT_PULL_DOWN: if current == 0: # ok, we got the initial pull down state = STATE_INIT_PULL_UP continue else: continue if state == STATE_INIT_PULL_UP: if current == 1: # ok, we got the initial pull up state = STATE_DATA_FIRST_PULL_DOWN continue else: continue if state == STATE_DATA_FIRST_PULL_DOWN: if current == 0: # we have the initial pull down, the next will be the data pull up state = STATE_DATA_PULL_UP continue else: continue if state == STATE_DATA_PULL_UP: if current == 1: # data pulled up, the length of this pull up will determine whether it is 0 or 1 current_length = 0 state = STATE_DATA_PULL_DOWN continue else: continue if state == STATE_DATA_PULL_DOWN: if current == 0: # pulled down, we store the length of the previous pull up period lengths.append(current_length) state = STATE_DATA_PULL_UP continue else: continue return lengths def __calculate_bits(self, pull_up_lengths): # find shortest and longest period shortest_pull_up = 1000 longest_pull_up = 0 for i in range(0, len(pull_up_lengths)): length = pull_up_lengths[i] if length < shortest_pull_up: shortest_pull_up = length if length > longest_pull_up: longest_pull_up = length # use the halfway to determine whether the period it is long or short halfway = shortest_pull_up + (longest_pull_up - shortest_pull_up) / 2 bits = [] for i in range(0, len(pull_up_lengths)): bit = False if pull_up_lengths[i] > halfway: bit = True bits.append(bit) return bits def __bits_to_bytes(self, bits): the_bytes = [] byte = 0 for i in range(0, len(bits)): byte = byte << 1 if (bits[i]): byte = byte | 1 else: byte = byte | 0 if ((i + 1) % 8 == 0): the_bytes.append(byte) byte = 0 #print(the_bytes) return the_bytes def __calculate_checksum(self, the_bytes): return the_bytes[0] + the_bytes[1] + the_bytes[2] + the_bytes[3] & 255 -
@Jurassic-Pork I fully understand you code. And I had enabled the print statement in you code. But with the setting you use, the device is simply not responding. Reason: the initial low code is too long. You set it to 40 ms, but it ought to be 20 ms. See here the response to a 20 ms pulse:
You can clearly see the burst of data after the end of the pulse. Compared to that the 40 ms pulse, you've chosen:
No data.
The second change I had to make was increasing the raw data buffer m[], which simply was too short. I increased the size from 300 to 500. In a wort case, this would not even be enough, becase we have 40 high/low cycles. The low have a length of 10, and the hig cycles a length of 3 or 10. So in the worst case we'd need a buffer length of 800, but 500 works so far. -
@robert-hh ²
hello robert,
thanks for your comments. I will change my code with your comments. its seems that your pycom is faster than mine so i will change the size of the buffer.
when it will be ready , i will ask your to test the new code. -
@robert-hh
i have made the changes : 20 ms for low pulse and a buffer of 800 bits. It always works for my pycom SiPy and my DTH11 sensor. Can you tell me if it is OK for you. The changes are on my Github projet (file dth.py). -
@Jurassic-Pork Just one small change:
The initial high period of 25 ms is too short. That had the effect that the first call failed, and it worked only from the second call on. I had to extend that to 500 ms. You can also set the Pin high in init() and skip the call.
I also simplified __collect_input(), saving quite some memory.def __collect_input(self): m = bytearray(800) # needs long sample size to grab all the bits from the DHT irqf = disable_irq() self.__pin(1) for i in range(len(m)): m[i] = self.__pin() ## sample input and store value enable_irq(irqf) return mI do not think that the LoPy is faster. I assume that the sensor I issues a different collections of 1s and 0s, either caused by the different coding or the environmental conditions.
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@robert-hh
ok , thanks robert .
i have made this changes in the dht.py :
1 - in the init :
def init(self, pin, sensor=0):
self.__pin = pin
self.__dhttype = sensor
self.__pin(1)
time.sleep(0.5)
and also comment this in the read method :
#self.__send_and_sleep(1, 0.025)
2 - in the collect_input method :
m = bytearray(800)bytearray(800) ---> 857 bytes
[1]*800 --> 6464 bytesWith my SiPy and my dth11 sensor no error in a loop of 100 measures.
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@Jurassic-Pork
I am realy do not understand why all do this in this wayfor i in range(len(m)): m[i] = self.__pin()i know that time is critical
but why not do this with really shorter buffer
I know that time is critical here butincshould work fast
this is not whole algorithm but:while self.__pin(): m[i]+=1 while not self.__pin(): m[i]-=1and result buffer will be e.g.
8, -7, 14, ... -
@livius The shortest event to be captured is represented by 3 times calling __pin(). What you suggest is in addition to the pin read and loop maintenance adding the load/inc/store operation, not to mention the bookkeeping for the index I between the loops.
It still could be feasible, so it's to be tested, and not to mention the additional code required to avoid a lock-up situation. -
Great! Now working on the Lopy.
Thanks a lot @Jurassic-Pork & @robert-hh!PYB: soft reboot ==========Starting main.py========== <DTHResult object at 3ffe2ed0> <class 'DTHResult'> True Temperature: 21.70 Humidity: 57.50 -
hello,
@robert-hh said in Pure Python library for reading DHT sensor on Pycom boards:@Jurassic-Pork Just one small change:
The initial high period of 25 ms is too short. That had the effect that the first call failed, and it worked only from the second call on. I had to extend that to 500 ms. You can also set the Pin high in init() and skip the call.why 500ms ? the only specification that i have seen for this is :
When power is supplied to sensor, don't send any instruction to the sensor within one second to pass unstable status.For this a time.sleep of one second in the constructor of the class (init) ?
and :
Is the time.sleep of one second at the beginning of the read method is still necessary ?specification for the start signal of the AM2302 sensor : min : 0.8 ms typical : 1 ms max : 20 ms
specification for the start signal of the DTH11 sensor : must be > 18 ms
So i will change the start signal value with a value of 19 ms which does the job for the two sensors. -
@Jurassic-Pork the 500 ms were just found by trial. It may be more. Just ensure that the data line is high during that period. If you have a 1s delay in the init, the delay in read is not required.
About the length of the start signal: Just give it a try. I did not check for the maximum length accepted by the AM2302. Only 40 ms was too long, and previous tests with 20ms worked. You could make it dependent on the sensor type, since that is specified at init time. -
@robert-hh
i have made a few changes in the dth.py code :class DTH: 'DHT sensor (dht11, dht21,dht22) reader class for Pycom' #__pin = Pin('P3', mode=Pin.OPEN_DRAIN) __dhttype = 0 def __init__(self, pin, sensor=0): self.__pin = pin self.__dhttype = sensor self.__pin(1) time.sleep(1.0) def read(self): #time.sleep(1) # send initial high #self.__send_and_sleep(1, 0.025) # pull down to low self.__send_and_sleep(0, 0.019)1 - no more default value for the pin
2 - a sleep time of one second in the constructor (init) code.
3 - no more sleep time at the beginning of the read method
4 - a sleep time of 19 ms for the startup signal. This value seems to be OK for the specifications of DTH11 AND AM2302.no error in a program test of 10000 measures with my SiPy module and a DTH11 sensor;
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@RobTuDelft , I can read values from the DHT22 with the lopy...
Did you use exactly the same code that @Jurassic-Pork has commited on github ? -
@geda Yes works for me too :)
@RobTuDelft said in Pure Python library for reading DHT sensor on Pycom boards:
Great! Now working on the Lopy.
Thanks a lot @Jurassic-Pork & @robert-hh!PYB: soft reboot ==========Starting main.py========== <DTHResult object at 3ffe2ed0> <class 'DTHResult'> True Temperature: 21.70 Humidity: 57.50 -
@RobTuDelft Sorry, I cannot read values ... so exactly the same code has work for you ? May be my DHT22 is broken ...
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@geda
have you a dht22 module or simply a dht22 component ?
have you a pullup resistor on the signal pin of your dht22 ?
what pin of your lopy are you using for the dht22 ?
hello robert-hh same idea :-) in the same time -
@geda Which Pin are you using. Note that P13..P18 are input only and cannot be used for that purpose.
see here: https://docs.pycom.io/pycom_esp32/_downloads/lopy_pinout.pdf
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