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Grove AHT20 temperature and humidity sensor

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    The Grove AHT20 is an I2c temperature and humidity sensor.

    Grove AHT20 -101990644_4_.png 

    Copy and paste the following python code example into the Thonny IDE and run it.

    
    ## https://learn.adafruit.com/adafruit-aht20/python-circuitpython
    
    # SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2021 ladyada for Adafruit Industries
    # SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
    
    """
    Basic `AHTx0` example test
    """
    
    import time
    import board
    import adafruit_ahtx0
    
    # Create sensor object, communicating over the board's default I2C bus
    i2c = board.I2C()  # uses board.SCL and board.SDA
    sensor = adafruit_ahtx0.AHTx0(i2c)
    
    while True:
        print("\nTemperature: %0.1f C" % sensor.temperature)
        print("Humidity: %0.1f %%" % sensor.relative_humidity)
        time.sleep(2)
    
    

     

     

     

     

     


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