AM2301 and OLED arduino example

In this example we will connect a AM2301 sensor to an Arduino and display the output on an 128×32 I2C OLED display

The AM2301  is a wired version of the DHT21, in a large plastic body.

AM2301

Specifications:

  • Type: AM2301
  • Accuracy resolution: 0.1
  • Measurement range: 0-100%RH
  • Temperature measurement range: -40℃ ~ +80℃
  • Humidity measurement precision: ±3%RH
  • Temperature measurement precision: ±0.5℃

This Sensor has 3 wires, connect these wires to your Arduino like this

Sensor Arduino
Red +5V
Black GND
Yellow Digital I/O

OLED Connection

Connect Vin to 5V.
Connect GND to ground
Connect SDA to A4
Connect SCL to A5

 

Code

The code uses the adafruit library for the DHT11 and other variants

Library – https://github.com/adafruit/DHT-sensor-library

OLED library was from Adafruit

Libary – https://github.com/adafruit/Adafruit_SSD1306

[codesyntax lang=”cpp”]

#include <SPI.h>
#include <Wire.h>
#include <Adafruit_GFX.h>
#include <Adafruit_SSD1306.h>
#include <stdint.h>
#include "DHT.h"

#define DHTPIN 2 // modify to the pin we connected
#define DHTTYPE DHT21 // AM2301 
#define OLED_RESET 4

Adafruit_SSD1306 display(OLED_RESET);
DHT dht(DHTPIN, DHTTYPE);

#if (SSD1306_LCDHEIGHT != 32)
#error("Height incorrect, please fix Adafruit_SSD1306.h!");
#endif

void setup() 
{ 
 Serial.begin(57600);
 dht.begin();
 display.begin(SSD1306_SWITCHCAPVCC, 0x3C); // initialize with the I2C addr 0x3C (for the 128x32)
}


void loop() 
{
 // Clear the buffer.
 display.clearDisplay();

 // text display tests
 display.setTextSize(1);
 display.setTextColor(WHITE);
 display.setCursor(0,0);
 float hum = dht.readHumidity();
 float temp = dht.readTemperature();
 // check if returns are valid, if they are NaN (not a number) then something went wrong!
 if (isnan(temp) || isnan(hum)) 
 {
 Serial.println("Failed to read from DHT");
 } 
 else 
 {
 display.print("Temperature: ");
 display.print(temp);
 display.print(" c");
 display.setCursor(0,10);
 display.print("Humidity: ");
 display.print(hum);
 display.display();
 delay(2000);
 }
}




[/codesyntax]

Output

All going well you should see output like the following on your OLED display

AM2301 and OLED output

 

Links

You can pick up one of these breakout/modules for under $8

 

0.96″ Inch I2C IIC Serial 128X64 OLED LCD

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