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Connecting HTU21D temperature/humidity sensor to the Raspberry PI using simple C i2c interface

Previously in my projects, I’m always used well-known DHT22 (AM2302) temperature/humidity sensors. But I found that these sensors are not very stable and subject to hung. In my case, this device is worked for about two weeks and then stops responding until the power is rebooted. This is absolutely unacceptable on some distant and autonomous devices. After some googling, I…

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Connecting MLX90614 infrared thermometer to the Raspberry PI

MLX90614 is a cheap and popular infrared thermometer from Melexis. This device is made in different versions for different purposes. You can get a general-purpose version with 0.5 accuracies or for medical purposes with accuracy up to 0.2. Also, you can choose the voltage you need: 3.3v or 5v versions are available. With MLX90614, you can distantly measure the objects’…

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