From faecbb793919c195f3fcf3d5e47a63d41da39a49 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: jerick <jerick00201@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2022 11:18:19 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Temp sensor functionality, changed README

---
 mqtt/tempSensor.py | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 24 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 mqtt/tempSensor.py

diff --git a/mqtt/tempSensor.py b/mqtt/tempSensor.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0e7e30f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mqtt/tempSensor.py
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+import time
+import board
+import adafruit_dht
+import psutil
+# We first check if a libgpiod process is running. If yes, we kill it!
+for proc in psutil.process_iter():
+    if proc.name() == 'libgpiod_pulsein' or proc.name() == 'libgpiod_pulsei':
+        proc.kill()
+#D20 is the pin number, DHT11 is the sensor type
+sensor = adafruit_dht.DHT11(board.D20)
+while True:
+    try:
+        temp = sensor.temperature
+        humidity = sensor.humidity
+        print("Temperature: {}*C   Humidity: {}% ".format(temp, humidity))
+    except RuntimeError as error:
+        print(error.args[0])
+        time.sleep(2.0)
+        continue
+    except Exception as error:
+        sensor.exit()
+        raise error
+    #time between temp and humidity checks
+    time.sleep(2.0)
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