Development of a Microcontroller Based Heat Index Meter

Abstract

The research focuses on the development of a heat index meter using microcontroller technology. A DHT22 thermo-hygrometer sensor was employed to measure ambient temp and relative humidity simultaneously. The analogue values of these parameters were fed into Arduino Uno Microcontroller which is the heart of the developed meter. The microcontroller has been programmed to compute the heat index using an embedded equation. The microcontroller is interfaced with a 16 by 2 Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) to display the measured temperature, relative humidity as well as the computed heat index. The developed instrument performed satisfactorily during testing and evaluation. It is therefore recommended for measurement and monitoring of heat index.