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+#!/usr/bin/python
+
+# Copyright (c) 2014 Adafruit Industries
+# Author: Tony DiCola
+
+# Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+# of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+# in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+# to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+# copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+# furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+
+# The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
+# copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+# THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+# IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+# FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+# AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+# LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+# OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
+# SOFTWARE.
+import Adafruit_DHT
+
+# Sensor should be set to Adafruit_DHT.DHT11,
+# Adafruit_DHT.DHT22, or Adafruit_DHT.AM2302.
+sensor = Adafruit_DHT.DHT11
+
+# Example using a Beaglebone Black with DHT sensor
+# connected to pin P8_11.
+pin = 'P8_11'
+
+# Example using a Raspberry Pi with DHT sensor
+# connected to pin 23.
+pin = 7
+
+# Try to grab a sensor reading.  Use the read_retry method which will retry up
+# to 15 times to get a sensor reading (waiting 2 seconds between each retry).
+humidity, temperature = Adafruit_DHT.read_retry(sensor, pin)
+
+# Note that sometimes you won't get a reading and
+# the results will be null (because Linux can't
+# guarantee the timing of calls to read the sensor).  
+# If this happens try again!
+if humidity is not None and temperature is not None:
+	print 'Temp={0:0.1f}*C  Humidity={1:0.1f}%'.format(temperature, humidity)
+else:
+	print 'Failed to get reading. Try again!'