98: C++ "Feature"

See http://dicks-photon-arduino.blogspot.com/, post 40. The useful map() function accepts float arguments without complaint but truncates them to ints. Return values can be wildly inaccurate. This may be a feature of all C++ compilers.

IMHO, map() should be coded like this:

float map(float value, float istart, float istop, float ostart, float ostop) {
    return ostart + (ostop - ostart) * ((value - istart) / (istop - istart));
}

97: Problems with DHT22 Temperature/Humidity Sensors

For the past month or so I've tried DHT22s in my granddaughter's hoop house. With it I could provide her with useful humidity and dew point data. Note that a hoop house is a hostile environment for electronics! When the spring sun is out, the temperature/humidity mid-day can be 90F/25% and at 2AM 40F/99% (dew point 40F). I've tried three different DHT22s and they have all failed after a few nights of 99% humidity. For my latest attempt I housed the DHT dangling inside a 16oz water bottle (bottom cut off, sealed at the top). It lasted 2 nights. BTW: they recover after a couple days away from the hoop.

Now I've ordered an HIH-4030, humidity-only sensor (much more expensive). I'll pair it with a cheap TMP36 (cheap & reliable). Unlike the DHT22, the HIH provides a simple analog output. Note: my hoop house processors are actually Arduino-like Particle Photons (native analog gpio) but the humidity problem would be the same for a Pi.

Anyone run across this problem?