Humidity Logger Version 0.1

Now merging SHT11, DS107 and HTTP POST.

Some problems occurred:

  • pin 10+11 are reserved for Ethernet -- SHT11 has to use pin 8+9

  • there is no float to String

After fixing the issues and some code cleanup the final version:

#include <SPI.h>
#include <Ethernet.h>
#include <SHT1x.h>
#include "Wire.h"

////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// Specify data and clock connections and instantiate SHT1x object
#define dataPin  8
#define clockPin 9
SHT1x sht1x(dataPin, clockPin);

////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// Ethernet data
byte mac[] = { 0xDE, 0xAD, 0xBE, 0xEF, 0xFE, 0xDD };
byte ip[] = { 192,168,1, 42 };
byte gateway[] = { 192, 168, 1, 1};
byte subnet[] = { 255, 255, 255, 0 };

byte server[] = { 192, 168, 1, 2 };

// initialize the library instance:
Client client(server, 80);

const int postingInterval = 29000;   // delay between updates
long lastConnectionTime = 0;         // last time connected to the server
boolean lastConnected = false;       // state of the connection
long counter = 1;

String txtMsg="";

void sendData() {

  Serial.println("...");

  if (client.connect()) {
    Serial.println("connecting...");

    client.print("POST /input/ HTTP/1.1\n");

    client.print("Host: HOSTNAME\n");
    client.print("X-ApiKey: RANDOM_API_KEY\n");

    client.println("User-Agent: Arduino");
    client.println("Accept: text/html");
    client.print("Content-Length: ");
    client.println(txtMsg.length(), DEC);

    client.print("Content-Type: text/json\n");
    client.println("Connection: close\n");

    client.println(txtMsg);

    lastConnectionTime = millis();
    counter += 1;
    Serial.println("sent...");
  }
  else {
    Serial.println("connection failed");
    delay(1000);
  }
}

////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// DS1307
#define DS1307_I2C_ADDRESS 0x68

// Convert normal decimal numbers to binary coded decimal
byte decToBcd(byte val)
{
  return ( (val/10*16) + (val%10) );
}

// Convert binary coded decimal to normal decimal numbers
byte bcdToDec(byte val)
{
  return ( (val/16*10) + (val%16) );
}

// 1) Sets the date and time on the ds1307
// 2) Starts the clock
// 3) Sets hour mode to 24 hour clock
// Assumes you're passing in valid numbers
void setDateDs1307(byte second,        // 0-59
                   byte minute,        // 0-59
                   byte hour,          // 1-23
                   byte dayOfWeek,     // 1-7
                   byte dayOfMonth,    // 1-28/29/30/31
                   byte month,         // 1-12
                   byte year)          // 0-99
{
   Wire.beginTransmission(DS1307_I2C_ADDRESS);
   Wire.send(0);
   Wire.send(decToBcd(second));    // 0 to bit 7 starts the clock
   Wire.send(decToBcd(minute));
   Wire.send(decToBcd(hour));      // If you want 12 hour am/pm you need to set
                                   // bit 6 (also need to change readDateDs1307)
   Wire.send(decToBcd(dayOfWeek));
   Wire.send(decToBcd(dayOfMonth));
   Wire.send(decToBcd(month));
   Wire.send(decToBcd(year));
   Wire.endTransmission();
}

// Gets the date and time from the ds1307
void getDateDs1307(byte *second,
          byte *minute,
          byte *hour,
          byte *dayOfWeek,
          byte *dayOfMonth,
          byte *month,
          byte *year)
{
  // Reset the register pointer
  Wire.beginTransmission(DS1307_I2C_ADDRESS);
  Wire.send(0);
  Wire.endTransmission();

  Wire.requestFrom(DS1307_I2C_ADDRESS, 7);

  // A few of these need masks because certain bits are control bits
  *second     = bcdToDec(Wire.receive() & 0x7f);
  *minute     = bcdToDec(Wire.receive());
  *hour       = bcdToDec(Wire.receive() & 0x3f);  // Need to change this if 12 hour am/pm
  *dayOfWeek  = bcdToDec(Wire.receive());
  *dayOfMonth = bcdToDec(Wire.receive());
  *month      = bcdToDec(Wire.receive());
  *year       = bcdToDec(Wire.receive());
}

void setDT()
{
  byte second, minute, hour, dayOfWeek, dayOfMonth, month, year;

  // Change these values to what you want to set your clock to.
  // You probably only want to set your clock once and then remove
  // the setDateDs1307 call.
  second = 0;
  minute = 01;
  hour = 15;
  dayOfWeek = 0;
  dayOfMonth = 6;
  month = 11;
  year = 11;
  setDateDs1307(second, minute, hour, dayOfWeek, dayOfMonth, month, year);
}

////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

String Float2String(float value)
{
  // Convert a float to String with two decimals.
  String s;
  s = int(value);
  s += '.';
  s += int((value - int(value)) * 100);

  return s;
}

void setup()
{
  // start the Ethernet connection:
  Ethernet.begin(mac, ip);
  Wire.begin();

  Serial.begin(9600);
  // if datetime should be set:
  //setDT()
  // delay for the ethernet to get up
  delay(1000);
}

void loop()
{
  float temp_c, humidity;
  byte second, minute, hour, dayOfWeek, dayOfMonth, month, year;

  if(millis() - lastConnectionTime > postingInterval) {
    // disconnect old client
    Serial.println();
    Serial.println("disconnecting.");
    client.stop();

    delay(1000);

    // Read values from the sensor
    temp_c = sht1x.readTemperatureC();
    humidity = sht1x.readHumidity();

    Serial.print("Temperature: ");
    Serial.print(temp_c, DEC);
    Serial.print("C / ");
    Serial.print("Humidity: ");
    Serial.print(humidity);
    Serial.println("%");

    // Read data from the clock
    getDateDs1307(&second, &minute, &hour, &dayOfWeek, &dayOfMonth, &month, &year);

    // the JSON message
    txtMsg = "{ \"temperature\":";
    txtMsg += Float2String(temp_c);
    txtMsg += ", \"humidity\":";
    txtMsg += Float2String(humidity);
    txtMsg += ", \"counter\":";
    txtMsg += counter;
    txtMsg += ", \"datetime\":\'";
    txtMsg += int(year);
    txtMsg += "-";
    txtMsg += int(month);
    txtMsg += "-";
    txtMsg += int(dayOfMonth);
    txtMsg += " ";
    txtMsg += int(hour);
    txtMsg += ":";
    txtMsg += int(minute);
    txtMsg += ":";
    txtMsg += int(second);
    txtMsg += "\'";
    txtMsg += "}";

    // print for debugging
    Serial.println(txtMsg);

    sendData();
  }

  lastConnected = client.connected();
}