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Vaisala Humidity 101 - Humidity Sensor Technology Tutorial

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Mechanical<br />

+ cheap to buy<br />

+ no power needed<br />

- 20…90% best range<br />

- Uncertainty from +/-5% up to +/-15%<br />

- calibrated with a wet rag to 100%;<br />

no dry end calibration<br />

- considerable hysteresis<br />

- responds to changes in humidity<br />

very slowly<br />

hair element<br />

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