
SHT1x / SHT7x Relative Humidity & Temperature Sensor System
1 Sensor Performance Specifications
Parameter
Conditions Mn. Typ. Max.
Humidity
Resolution
(2)
Repeatability
Accuracy
(1)
Uncertainty
Interchangeability
raw data
Nonlinearity
linearized
Range
Response time
1/e (63%)
slowly moving air
Hysteresis
Long term stability
typical
Temperature
Resolution
(2)
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Units
%RH
bit
%RH
0.5 0.03 0.03
8
12
±
0.1
see figure 1
12
linearized
Fully interchangeable
±
3
<<1
0
4
%RH
%RH
%RH
s
100
±
1
< 0.5
%RH
%RH/yr
0.04 0.01 0.01
0.07 0.02 0.02
12
14
±
0.1
±
0.2
see figure 1
-40
-40
5
°C
°F
bit
°C
°F
°C
°F
s
14
Repeatability
Accuracy
Range
123.8
254.9
30
Response Time
1/e (63%)
Table 1
Sensor Performance Specifications
2 Interface Specifications
SHT1x
(slave)
uC
(master)
DATA
SCK
Vdd 2.4 - 5.5V
GND
Vdd
Figure 2
Typical application circuit
2.1 Power Pins
The SHTxx requires a voltage supply between 2.4 and 5.5 V.
After powerup the device needs 11ms to reach its “sleep”
state. No commands should be sent before that time.
Power supply pins (VDD, GND) may be decoupled with a
100 nF capacitor.
2.2 Serial Interface (Bidirectional 2-wire)
The serial interface of the SHTxx is optimized for sensor
readout and power consumption and is not compatible with
I
2
C interfaces, see FAQ for details.
2.2.1 Serial clock input (SCK)
The SCK is used to synchronize the communication between
a microcontroller and the SHTxx. Since the interface
consists of fully static logic there is no minimum SCK
frequency.
2.2.2 Serial data (DATA)
The DATA tristate pin is used to transfer data in and out of
the device. DATA
changes after the falling edge
and is
valid on the rising edge
of the serial clock SCK. During
transmission the DATA line must remain stable while SCK is
high. To avoid signal contention the microcontroller should
only drive DATA low. An external pull-up resistor
(e.g. 10 k
)
is required to pull the signal high. (See Figure 2) Pull-up
resistors are often included in I/O circuits of microcontrollers.
See Table 5 for detailed IO characteristics.
(1)
Each SHTxx is tested to be fully within RH accuracy specifications at 25 °C (77 °F) and 48 °C (118.4 °F)
(2)
The default measurement resolution of 14bit (temperature) and 12bit (humidity) can be reduced to 12 and 8 bit through the status register.
%RH
Relative Humidity absolute accuracy
± 0
± 1
± 2
± 3
± 4
± 5
0
30 40
20
10
80
50
100
70
90
60
Temperature accuracy
0
°C
±1
°C
±2
°C
-40°C
-40°F
0°C
32°F
40°C
104°F
80°C
176°F
120°C
248°F
±3
°C
Dewpoint accuracy @
25
°C (typical)
±0
°C
±1
°C
±2
°C
±3
°C
±4
°C
±5
°C
0
30 40
20
10
80
50
100
70
90
60
0
°F
±1.8
°F
±3.6
°F
±5.4
°F
%RH
±1.8
°F
±3.6
°F
±7.2
°F
±5.4
°F
±9.0
°F
%RH
SHT75
SHT75
SHT11/71
SHT15
SHT11/71
SHT15
SHT11/71
SHT15/75
Figure 1
Rel. Humidity, Temperature and Dewpoint accuracies