anna hodgsonBellRacing51Austin Northcutt
Published © GPL3+

Hot and Steamy

This project uses an LCD screen and DHT22 to display temperature and humidity data, simultaneously collected from two different locations.

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Hot and Steamy

Things used in this project

Hardware components

Argon
Particle Argon
×1
DHT22 Temperature and Humidity Sensor
DFRobot DHT22 Temperature and Humidity Sensor
×1
Breadboard (generic)
Breadboard (generic)
×1
Resistor 10k ohm
Resistor 10k ohm
×1
Trimmer Potentiometer, 10 kohm
Trimmer Potentiometer, 10 kohm
×1
RGB Backlight LCD - 16x2
Adafruit RGB Backlight LCD - 16x2
×1

Software apps and online services

ThingSpeak API
ThingSpeak API
Particle Build Web IDE
Particle Build Web IDE

Hand tools and fabrication machines

Wire Stripper & Cutter, 18-10 AWG / 0.75-4mm² Capacity Wires
Wire Stripper & Cutter, 18-10 AWG / 0.75-4mm² Capacity Wires
Mastech MS8217 Autorange Digital Multimeter
Digilent Mastech MS8217 Autorange Digital Multimeter

Story

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Schematics

Argon Display Configuration

This is the wiring for the argon LCD display

Argon Sensor 1 Configuration

This is the wiring configuration of the first DHT22 sensor.

Argon Sensor 2 Configuration

This is the wiring configuration for the second DHT22 sensor (note that the purple BMP280 is not necessary).

Argon DHT22 Wiring Schematic

How to wire a DHT22 sensor into the particle argon.

Argon LCD 16x2 Wiring Schematic

How to wire a RGB Backlight LCD 16x2 display to a particle argon, using a 10K ohm potentiometer.

Project Video

Short Video explaining how the project works and how it can be applied to the real world.

Code

Argon Display Code

C/C++
This code was used to subscribe to the cloud to obtain data from the other two argons and display the data on an LCD screen.
// This #include statement was automatically added by the Particle IDE.
#include <Adafruit_DHT.h>

// This #include statement was automatically added by the Particle IDE.
#include <LiquidCrystal.h>


#define DHTPIN D2    


#define DHTTYPE DHT22        

DHT dht(DHTPIN, DHTTYPE);

LiquidCrystal lcd(0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5);

void setup() {

  lcd.clear();
  lcd.begin(16, 2);
  lcd.setCursor(0,0);
  lcd.print("T1");
  lcd.setCursor(8,0);
  lcd.print("H1");
  lcd.setCursor(0,1);
  lcd.print("T2");
  lcd.setCursor(8,1);
  lcd.print("H2");
  Particle.subscribe("AAJ_IOTf", f, ALL_DEVICES);
  Particle.subscribe("AAJ_IOTh", h, ALL_DEVICES);
  Particle.subscribe("AAJ_IOTf2", f2, ALL_DEVICES);
  Particle.subscribe("AAJ_IOTh2", h2, ALL_DEVICES);
  Serial.begin(19200); 
  Serial.println("DHT22 test!");

  dht.begin();
}
void loop() {
    delay(2000);
    Particle.publish("AAJ_IOT",PUBLIC);
}

    void f(const char *event, const char *data) {
    lcd.setCursor(3,0);
    lcd.print(data);
    lcd.setCursor(7,0);
    lcd.print("F ");
    }
    
    void h(const char *event, const char *data) {
    lcd.setCursor(8,0);
    lcd.print("H1 ");
    lcd.setCursor(11,0);
    lcd.print(data);
    lcd.setCursor(15,0);
    lcd.print("% ");
    }
        void f2(const char *event, const char *data) {
    lcd.setCursor(3,1);
    lcd.print(data);
    lcd.setCursor(7,1);
    lcd.print("F ");
     }
    
    void h2(const char *event, const char *data) {
    lcd.setCursor(8,1);
    lcd.print("H2 ");
    lcd.setCursor(11,1);
    lcd.print(data);
    lcd.setCursor(15,1);
    lcd.print("% ");
    }

Argon Sensor 1 Code

C/C++
This code was used to obtain data from the DHT22 sensor, deliver the data to ThingSpeak, and send the data to the cloud.
#include <ThingSpeak.h>
#include <Adafruit_DHT.h>
#define DHTPIN D2     
#define DHTTYPE DHT22        

DHT dht(DHTPIN, DHTTYPE);

bool humid = false;

TCPClient client;


unsigned long myChannelNumber = 916896;
const char * myWriteAPIKey = "YF9W3QWP9V0M6MJS";


void setup() {
    
    ThingSpeak.begin(client);
    
 pinMode(D7, OUTPUT);
 Serial.begin(19200); 
 dht.begin();

}

void loop() {
   
    delay(2000);
    
    float h = dht.getHumidity();
    float t = dht.getTempCelcius();
    float f = dht.getTempFarenheit();
    //float h2 = dht.getHumidity();
    //float t2 = dht.getTempCelcius();
    //float f2 = dht.getTempFarenheit();

    if (isnan(h) || isnan(t) || isnan(f)) {
        Serial.println("Failed to read from DHT sensor!");
        return;
    }
    // if (isnan(h2) || isnan(t2) || isnan(f2)) {
    //    Serial.println("Failed to read from DHT sensor!");
    //    return;
    //}
    
    Particle.publish("AAJ_IOTf", String (f), ALL_DEVICES);
    Particle.publish("AAJ_IOTh", String (h), ALL_DEVICES);
    //Particle.publish("AAJ_IOTt2", String (t2), ALL_DEVICES);
    //Particle.publish("AAJ_IOTh2", String (h2), ALL_DEVICES);

  ThingSpeak.setField(1,f);
  ThingSpeak.setField(2,h);
  //ThingSpeak.setField(3,t2);
  //ThingSpeak.setField(4,h2);
  
  Serial.print(dht.getHumidity());
  Serial.println("h");
  Serial.print(dht.getTempCelcius());
  Serial.println("f");
  //Serial.print(dht.getHumidity());
  //Serial.println("h2");
  //Serial.print(dht.getTempCelcius());
  //Serial.println("t2");

  
  ThingSpeak.writeFields(myChannelNumber, myWriteAPIKey);  

  delay(8000); // ThingSpeak will only accept updates every 15 seconds. 

}

Argon Sensor 2 Code

C/C++
This code was used to collect data from the second DHT22 sensor and send it to ThingSpeak and the cloud.
#include <ThingSpeak.h>
#include <Adafruit_DHT.h>
#define DHTPIN D2     
#define DHTTYPE DHT22        

DHT dht(DHTPIN, DHTTYPE);

bool humid = false;

TCPClient client;


unsigned long myChannelNumber = 916896;
const char * myWriteAPIKey = "YF9W3QWP9V0M6MJS";


void setup() {
    
    ThingSpeak.begin(client);
    
 pinMode(D7, OUTPUT);
 Serial.begin(19200); 
 dht.begin();

}

void loop() {
   
    delay(2000);
    

    float t2 = dht.getTempCelcius();
    float f2 = dht.getTempFarenheit();

 
     if (isnan(h2) || isnan(t2) || isnan(f2)) {
        Serial.println("Failed to read from DHT sensor!");
        return;
    }
    

    Particle.publish("AAJ_IOTf2", String (f2), ALL_DEVICES);
    Particle.publish("AAJ_IOTh2", String (h2), ALL_DEVICES);


  ThingSpeak.setField(3,f2);
  ThingSpeak.setField(4,h2);
  

  Serial.print(dht.getHumidity());
  Serial.println("h2");
  Serial.print(dht.getTempCelcius());
  Serial.println("f2");

  
  ThingSpeak.writeFields(myChannelNumber, myWriteAPIKey);  

  delay(7000); 

}

Credits

anna hodgson

anna hodgson

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BellRacing51

BellRacing51

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Austin Northcutt

Austin Northcutt

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