@rakwireless/shtc3

A Node-RED node providing access to an SHTC3 temperature and humidity sensor.

Install from Node-RED

From within NodeRED, visit the top right menu, select Manage palette and then the Install tab. Look for @rakwireless/shtc3 and install it.

Manual installation (development)

Please install @rakwireless/shtc3 node with the following commands. If you use docker of Node-RED, you may need to replace ~/.node-red with /usr/src/node-red.

git clone https://github.com/RAKWireless/node-red-nodes.git

cp -rf node-red-nodes/node-red-contrib-shtc3 ~/.node-red/node_modules

cd ~/.node-red/node_modules/node-red-contrib-shtc3 && npm install

Tips: After @rakwireless/shtc3 being installed, Node-RED should be restarted, otherwise the node cannot be found on the page.

Usage

NOTE: Please make sure that the user running Node-RED has the permissions to access I2C devices.

• shtc3_i2c

​ To get value of temperature and humidity you just need to select the correct settings for your device and trigger the node.

​

​ Name

​ Define the msg name if you wish to change the name displayed on the node.

​ /dev/i2c-?

​ Default I2C Bus is 1. 1 is for /dev/i2c-1.

​ i2c_Address

​ The Address for shtc3 is 0x70 which can not be changed.

​ Temperature Unit

​ You can select Celsius or Fahrenheit as you like.

The output of the node is a payload contains temperature and humidity data.

{
	temperature: "34.72 °C"
	humidity: "17.92 %"
}

Example

• shtc3-read - Read temperature and humidity data from shtc3 sensor.

License

This project is licensed under MIT license.