help! humidity sensor
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i need to build a humidity sensor, and i am fairly inept at circuits...i
have access to a hih-3610 humidity sensor, so i would like to use this, but
do not need to. i need help designing the circuit to implement the sensor
(and writing the code) if anyone has a quick and easy solution for me, i
would like to hear it.
bill
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have access to a hih-3610 humidity sensor, so i would like to use this, but
do not need to. i need help designing the circuit to implement the sensor
(and writing the code) if anyone has a quick and easy solution for me, i
would like to hear it.
bill
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I have been trying the same type of thing: Are you measuring relative
humidity or absolute humidity?
Thanks,
Corey.
--- In basicstamps@y..., "William Frost" <william_frost@h...> wrote:
> i need to build a humidity sensor, and i am fairly inept at
circuits...i
> have access to a hih-3610 humidity sensor, so i would like to use
this, but
> do not need to. i need help designing the circuit to implement the
sensor
> (and writing the code) if anyone has a quick and easy solution for
me, i
> would like to hear it.
>
> bill
> _________________________________________________________________
> Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com
measure absolute humidity?
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To: <basicstamps@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, February 22, 2001 5:29 PM
Subject: [noparse][[/noparse]basicstamps] Re: help! humidity sensor
> Hi,
>
> I have been trying the same type of thing: Are you measuring relative
> humidity or absolute humidity?
>
> Thanks,
> Corey.
>
>
>
> --- In basicstamps@y..., "William Frost" <william_frost@h...> wrote:
> > i need to build a humidity sensor, and i am fairly inept at
> circuits...i
> > have access to a hih-3610 humidity sensor, so i would like to use
> this, but
> > do not need to. i need help designing the circuit to implement the
> sensor
> > (and writing the code) if anyone has a quick and easy solution for
> me, i
> > would like to hear it.
> >
> > bill
> > _________________________________________________________________
> > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com
>
>
>
>
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>I've always thought that humidity measurement was relative. How would you
>measure absolute humidity?
>
"Humidity" can be expressed in relative or in absolute terms. Example
measures of absolute humidity would be vapor density (grams of water vapor
per cubic meter of air) or as vapor pressure (the partial pressure exerted
by the water vapor in the air). Relative humidity is a dimensionless ratio
of, for example, the actual vapor pressure of the air divided by the
maximum vapor pressure which could be contained in the same air at the air
temperature. Some sensors (based on their operating principle) inherently
respond to relative humidity, and others respond to absolute humidity.
Note that a relative humidity sensor tells you nothing about how much water
vapor is actually present in the air you are sampling. If you need absolute
humidity, and are using a relative humidity sensor, then you need to also
measure the air temperature immediately adjacent to your relative humidity
sensor. You then calculate the absolute humidity using the temperature and
the definition of relative humidity mentioned above.
I may be mistaken, but the hih-3610 part number sounds like a HyCal
relative humidity sensor part number. You might check out their web site at:
www.hycalnet.com and do a search for hih-3610
Hope this clarifies things a bit.
Steve
Steve Roberts: sroberts@s...
temperature and the dew point (temperature). With these two numbers then
you consult a look-up table or run the math. The Weather Service does it
that way
because the dew point temperature is very valuable number. In aviation, as
the two temps get close, watch out for icing even though the temp is well
above freezing.
Measuring the air temp' is easy. The dew point is more fun and should be a
great little stamp project. One way that it is done is to shine a light
source on a small mirror and look at the reflection with a detector- Then
using a thermoelectric cooler (peltier junction) slowly cool the mirror
until moisture condenses on it, (fogs it up) and spoils the clear
reflection. The photo sensor sees the light decrease and alerts your stamp
program to read the dew point temperature of the mirror. Now do your
look-up or math- Commercial versions do just that, repeating the cycle
every few minutes. A simple scheme with no chemistry, but you do have to
keep things clean and keep fresh air moving thru the system while
protecting it from weather.
Wayne Roderick P.E. (EE, ret)
CEO, Teton Short Line, (NMRA life-1721)
e-mail tetonsl@i... Pocatello Idaho, USA
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