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    Default Re: Serial Comms and Crystals

    Guys thanks for your continued input.

    using the #hum/100 gives 87% as the value, which to me seems rather humid, especially when the indoor humidity according to my maplins weather station says it's 51%. As a comparison I tried the following code which uses the pause and pulsein statements to read the chip

    Code:
    ASM 
      __CONFIG    _CONFIG1H, _OSC_HS_1H
      __CONFIG    _CONFIG2L, _PWRT_ON_2L  
      __CONFIG    _CONFIG2H, _WDT_ON_2H & _WDTPS_512_2H
      __CONFIG    _CONFIG3H, _MCLRE_ON_3H & _LPT1OSC_OFF_3H & _PBADEN_OFF_3H  
      __CONFIG    _CONFIG4L, _LVP_OFF_4L & _XINST_OFF_4L
    ENDASM
    
    
    '*******************************************************************************
    ' LCD (20 x 4) set up
    '*******************************************************************************
    
    DEFINE LCD_DREG  PORTB                  ' LCD Data port
    DEFINE LCD_DBIT  0                      ' starting Data bit (0 or 4)
    DEFINE LCD_EREG  PORTB                  ' LCD Enable port
    DEFINE LCD_EBIT  5                      '     Enable bit  (on EasyPIC 5 LCD)
    DEFINE LCD_RSREG PORTB                  ' LCD Register Select port
    DEFINE LCD_RSBIT 4                      '     Register Select bit   (on EasyPIC 5 LCD)
    DEFINE LCD_BITS  4                      ' LCD bus size (4 or 8 bits)
    DEFINE LCD_LINES 4                      ' number of lines on LCD
    DEFINE LCD_COMMANDUS 2000               ' Command delay time in us 
    DEFINE LCD_DATAUS 50                    ' Data delay time in us 
    
    '*******************************************************************************
    ' Defines Statements
    '*******************************************************************************
    
    DEFINE  OSC 20                          ' 18F4520 / 18F2520, 20mhz crystal
    ADCON1 = $0F
    clear    
    
    '*******************************************************************************
    'Analog and Comparator settings
    '*******************************************************************************
    
    ADCON0 = %00000000                      'AD converter module disabled
    ADCON1 = %00001111                      'All Digital
    ADCON2 = %00000000
    CMCON = 7                               'Disable Comparators
    
    '*******************************************************************************
    'Port and Register settings  (interrupts)
    '*******************************************************************************
        
    TRISA  = %00010111              
    TRISB  = %00000011               
    T0CON  = %11000111
    
    T1CON = %00000001                               ; free-running, 1:1 prescaler
    TMR1H = %11111111
    TMR1L = %11111011
    
    
    '*******************************************************************************
    
    LCDOUT $FE,1:FLAGS=0:PAUSE 250:LCDOUT $FE,1:PAUSE 250 ' Initialize LCD
    
    '*******************************************************************************
    
    dht var byte[32]
    humidite var byte
    haut var byte
    bas var byte
    temp var byte
    x var byte
    dht11 var portA.1
    
    '*******************************************************************************
    start:
    TRISA.1 = 0 '
    high dht11
    pause 2000 ' wait 2 sec
    low dht11 : pause 18' send 20ms low
    high dht11 : pauseus 30 ' send 40us hi
    TRISA.1 = 0
    PulsIn PORTA.1, 1, haut
    if haut < 15 then goto start
    for x = 31 to 0 step-1
    PulsIn PORTA.1, 1, dht[x] ' 1
    next x
    For x = 31 to 0 step-1
    if dht(x)>=9 and dht(x)<=21 then dht(x)=0 'if pulsewidth between 20 and 40uS then read as '0'
    if dht(x)>=29 and dht(x)<=41 then dht(x)=1 'if pulsewidth between 60 and 80uS then read as '1'
    next x
    humidite=dht[31]*128+dht[30]*64+dht[29]*32+dht[28]*16+dht[27]*8+dht[26]*4+dht[25]*2+dht[24]*1
    temp=dht[15]*128+ dht[14]*64+dht[13]*32+dht[12]*16+dht[11]*8+dht[10]*4+dht[9]*2+dht[8]*1
    lcdout  $FE,1 
    lcdout  $FE,$C0,"Humidite = ",#humidite,"% "
    lcdout  $FE,$80,"Temperature = ",#temp,$DF,"C"
    goto start
    This gives 174c in our living room, with the humidity fluctuating between three values of 24%, 144% and 152%. Clearly there is something wrong with the hardware. I'm using a new solderless breadboard so I'll look at hard wiring the sensor and see if that helps, even though the connections between the Easypic board and sensor are next to each other

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    Default Re: Serial Comms and Crystals

    Hummm

    Well I've now soldered the wires direct to the sensor, and plugged the wires directly into the header on the EasyPIC5 board.

    Dht(0) - 4 now reads 38 00 19 00 1F with a hum/256 value of 34.

    whilst this seems to of resolved the issues with the breadboard, 34% humidity seems rather low, and quite a gap from the 50% shown on the weatherstation

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