Overview
Things
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Operation
Sensor characteristics
Connections
Adjust the sensitivity

Published March 2, 2019

How to Use a Rain Sensor

This project will show you how to use a rain sensor.

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Things used in this project

Hardware components

Rain sensor

Arduino UNO

Jumper wires (generic)

Breadboard (generic)

Software apps and online services

Arduino IDE

Story

Operation

A rain sensor is composed of a rain detection plate with a comparator who manages intelligence.

The rain sensor detects water that comes short circuiting the tape of the printed circuits.

The sensor acts as a variable resistance that will change status : the resistance increases when the sensor is wet and the resistance is lower when the sensor is dry.

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The comparator has 2 outputs connected to the rain sensor, a digital output ( 0/1 ) and an analog output ( 0 to 1023 ).

Sensor characteristics

Voltage : 3, 3v-5v
Sensor Dimension : 3.9 x 5.4 cm
Sensitivity potentiometer
2 control leds

Connections

Arduino --> Comparator

5V --> VCC

GND --> GND

DO --> D4

AO --> A0

For the other two connections...

Adjust the sensitivity

You can also adjust the sensitivity by turning the potentiometer present on the comparator. So the detection can be realize on a drop or in a glass of water.

Code for Rain sensor

const int capteur_D = 4;
const int capteur_A = A0;

int val_analogique;

void setup()
{
  pinMode(capteur_D, INPUT);
  pinMode(capteur_A, INPUT);
  Serial.begin(9600);
}

void loop()
{
if(digitalRead(capteur_D) == LOW) 
  {
    Serial.println("Digital value : wet"); 
    delay(10); 
  }
else
  {
    Serial.println("Digital value : dry");
    delay(10); 
  }
val_analogique=analogRead(capteur_A); 
 Serial.print("Analog value : ");
 Serial.println(val_analogique); 
 Serial.println("");
  delay(1000);
}

Credits

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How to Use a Rain Sensor

How to Use a Rain Sensor

Things used in this project

Hardware components

Software apps and online services

Story

Operation

Sensor characteristics

Connections

Adjust the sensitivity

Code

Code for Rain sensor

Credits

MisterBotBreak

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