In this example we will show a basic example of connecting a DHT11 Temperature and Humidity Sensor to your Arduino. This is a very nice little, low cost sensor which requires only a pull up resistor to VDD. This can easily be constructed on a mini bread board and then joined up to your Arduino. using some connecting cables
The DHT11 digital temperature and humidity sensor is a composite Sensor contains a calibrated digital signal output of the temperature and humidity. Application of a dedicated digital modules collection technology and the temperature and humidity sensing technology, to ensure that the product has high reliability and excellent long-term stability. The sensor includes a resistive sense of wet components and an NTC temperature measurement devices, and connected with a high performance 8-bit microcontroller
The DHT sensors are made of two parts, a capacitive humidity sensor and a thermistor. There is a chip inside that does some a/d conversion and outputs a digital signal with the temperature and humidity.
Schematic
![Arduino and DHT11 scematic](http://www.arduinoprojects.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Arduino-and-DHT11sch_schem.png)