Electronic – arduino – Humidity sensor connection “HIH-4000”

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Why do we need a load resistor connected between the output pin and ground?enter image description here
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Since the output of the sensor is analog voltage it can be interfaced directly to any micro-controller which has internal ADC. It can also be interfaced directly to Arduino.

It acts as a pull-down resistor that drives the input to micro-controller to a known logic 0, in case your sensor's output floats for some reasons.

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