Using Inexpensive 433 MHz RF Modules with Arduino

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Learn how to build projects with those cheap 433 MHz RF modules. Everything you need to know!
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There are a number of options for adding wireless communications to your Arduino projects, each of which has its advantages and disadvantages.
Bluetooth is a popular option for controlling an Arduino project with your phone, tablet, or a nearby computer. WiFi is ideal if you are building an Internet of Things (IoT) device that you want to integrate into your home network. And the popular nRF24L01 modules are ideal for two-way communications between Arduinos.
But if all you need is a simple one-way wireless link between two Arduinos then there is a simple solution that will cost about the same as a nice cup of coffee.
Inexpensive 433 MHz modules can provide low-speed data communications between Arduinos. Aside from being dirt cheap, they are easy to use. They are perfect for getting data from remote sensors or building a simple RF remote control.
In this video, I’ll explain how these modules work and how you can use them to send data between two Arduinos. We will also build a wireless temperature and humidity sensor using these cheap RF modules and a DHT22 sensor.
Here is what is covered in the video.
00:00 - Introduction
01:56 - Communications Regulations
03:55 - 433 MHz Modules
05:16 - Antenna Considerations
06:42 - Amplitude Shift Keying
10:58 - Demo 1 - Sending & Receiving Data
19:37 - Demo 2 - Remote Temperature & Humidity Sensor
Hopefully, this will inspire you to use these modules in your own projects.
For more information and other great projects and tutorials please visit dronebotworkshop.com/. And remember, all of the code used in the article is available in one easy to swallow ZIP file.
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@emylrmm 3 роки тому

**important note** place a 100uF cap between VCC & GND close to the receiver. Any small ripple or noise or small abrupt changes in VCC will be amplified by the RX circuit and will show up as an output transition on the RX pin. This receiver has a lot of gain between VCC and DATA out, and that makes it very sensitive ( very twitchy ) to noise or tiny changes on VCC ) if you run this from the VCC supplied from the Arduino board, then I would still recommend some bypassing right close to the VCC&GND on the receiver board.

@thisisyourcaptainspeaking2259 Рік тому

Have you tried a 0.01uf ceramic cap in this location? This is the typical value I reach for in such cases.

@TinFoot 6 років тому

Video quality as well as crisp graphics are to die for. I particularly like the way you display hooking up wires. The colored line that starts from one point then seems to run across the screen until it terminates is very clever. Thank you for taking the time to create each project. I know it is time consuming.

@royfrenzel1704 4 роки тому

Sir, your videos are like your workshop: Clean, well organized, and full of useful stuff. I have learned a lot from you. Thank you!

@mrmatias2618 5 років тому

I wish I could spend my summer internship with you mentor. Indeed, you’re gifted teacher. 🎖🎖🎖All the best from Angola 🇦🇴

@anthonyfudd6040 4 роки тому

This channel is like Mr Roger's Neighborhood for nerds. Love it!! Keep up the good work, Dronebot!

@colepdx187 4 роки тому

I'm so envious of your workshop. Very impressive and great lessons. You've been a huge help in my quest to learn micro-controller programming. Thank you.

@jackredig6924 4 роки тому

Thank you very much for the interesting and neat lessons. For me it is like a gift - I learn a lot each time I watch one of your videos, as if I had a personal teacher. You must spend hours and hours to prepare, record and edit the lessons. I fear a lot of people think you choose a subject, play a little with the idea and record what you do - DONE ! But I can imagine you spend a lot of time, just to give us means to understand and explore electronics. Thank you !

@marian20012 4 роки тому

I have tried it and it works. I tried another libraries and examples but nothing worked but your tutorial did. Thank you very much.

@alibayati5704 5 років тому

Bill ... you and your workshop are fantastic. One of the best educational channel for Arduino, on youtube! Keep going dude ! :-)

@skeatz1 4 роки тому

Great tutorial! Very clear explanation with just the right amount of details. Love the code examples and the accompanying write-up too. Thanks.

@clixium 2 роки тому

Ive bought these modules a year ago, only difference mine are tiny size, 1cm by 1cm, never had a need to use till now. Your tutorial helped me to connect everything and get it running in just over 5 min, thanks

@jdga375 4 роки тому

Thank you so much for making this. This information will really help me with my EE capstone project!!!

@NickCornaglia 6 років тому

I watch your videos and look forward to the next like TV shows. Keep up the hard work! It would be cool to see a series of an ongoing project where each episode teaches a new part of the project.

@Dronebotworkshop 6 років тому

Glad you are enjoying them, as long as you are I'll keep making them. I actually was thinking of doing something like you suggested, I have a few robotics projects on the go that would be much too long for a single video (even for me).

@lunatik9696 5 років тому

@@Dronebotworkshop I think there is a lot to be said for viewership and shorter videos overall. Maybe a multi-part sequence on a series of related topics. Just started watching your vids. Really like them. Just a little long for one sitting.

@alexvonbosse5090 3 роки тому

Thank you for this informative video! I have several projects where I want to make use of Arduino's capabilities, but I got a long way to go to figure out the proper way to make everything to talk to each other and write the proper sketch! Thanks for sharing and keep up your great work!

@CXensation 4 роки тому

Great video ! It demonstrates the basic setup needed for a remote temperature sensor, which can be used for your central heating systems climate correction curve. You just need to fiddle with the correct choise of components and arduino code, to have the sender use as little current as possible, thus making the battery last for a couple of years.

@bernardwells9549 6 років тому

Brilliant videos. Am looking at the IR controller section. Extremely well described! Thank you so much.

@kimharkins8017 4 роки тому

HUGE help!!! After watching this video, was able to help my son build a transmitter that sends an alert message after tripping a tilt switch. Thank you!

@jameswang6714 5 років тому

One of the best tutorials I ever saw. Thanks for your great effort.

@timoacker7538 2 роки тому

Very well-explained. I like how you point to other resources if one wants to expand the project or learn more

@roberto660260 5 років тому

thanks bill for how you explain the topics from time to time. for the truth from my point of view I have to thank you twice .. The first for the way in which it presents the topics, complete, simply and in their essentiality. the second .. your pronunciation in English, for someone like me (Italian) who does not know English perfectly, I can follow the words and understand almost perfectly. I think you have a "gift" .. know how to explain complex things in a simple way but with a great experiencer behind. Many thanks BILL

@jimweatherhead7154 2 роки тому

Excellent. Just what I was hoping to achieve with my temperature, pressure and humidity weather station as the British weather can be a little unpredictable. I may even expand it to include wind speed. Thank you very much for a detailed and well explained video. Keep up the good work.

@MShahbazKharal 5 років тому

I love this man, he really gives details about what he is doing.

@bernardbritton3925 5 років тому

Good tutorial! would like to see the sketch for adding a dip switch on each board to pair the TX & RX boards.

@sylwiachaber9667 5 років тому

Thank you very much for the detailed explanation of this difficult topic in a simple example. This is the best movie on this subject I've ever seen. You are so great - Full professionalism. Thank you very much for creating a great channel. I'm glad I discovered your channel. Best Regards.

@ehvway 4 роки тому

I really love your video's sir! I really love the neatness of your workshop! A real feast for the eyes and mind!

@randydrennen6084 6 років тому

Exceptional! Yours is the first channel I have ever subscribed to. And I am a technician/engineer with almost 40 years experience. It is that good.

@Dronebotworkshop 6 років тому

Wow Randy, I am honored. Thank you so much for subscribing, I'll do my best to make it worth your subscription.

@vishaltaneja2976 6 років тому

I like your channel the way you are teaching is good..you are not showing off anything ..you are just doing your job unlike many other people....

@daddy3d1972 5 років тому

That is the cleanest most organised electrical desk I have ever seen!

@AlistairMcKinnon 3 роки тому

Great Video. Just a note, you can have two instances of the Arduino IDE going connected to two Arduinos each with their own Port, so you can have transmit in one and receive in the other and monitor both Serial streams.

@venkatyalamati3285 2 роки тому

Sir, Your channel is awesome... Very good quality content with clear explanations... I just have read your article given in the description... It's really amazing 🙏

@captainpugwash4100 5 років тому

An excellent guide to the 433MHz modules. The trick with adding a 17.3cm wire to the GND really improved the range. Just one thing is slightly misleading and that is the buffer size. You imply that the buffer size should be equal to the message length, whereas it should be equal to or greater than the expected message length. Just a friendly hint, for those who take things literally!! I have to correct my statement a little. Some buffer sizes, longer than the expected string length, will return the correct string, whereas others seem to add spurious characters. If you use this fixed buffer length, I guess there are going to be problems when the length of the floating point temperature goes under 10 degrees C down to zero or below -9.9 degrees C, as the whole string length changes by one character. It may be better to read the raw data string, i.e. 40 bits, and transmit that to the receiver to do the checksum and conversion work! Just MHO.

@williamkohl8081 4 роки тому

The SDR (software Defined Radio) is a great tool for working with the transmitter module. You tune the radio to 433mhz and you can see the signal. It will tell you if you are transmitting . I found a dead transmitter this way. Also you can determine the exact frequency it is transmitting on when the radio is calibrated. Also you can see how your body interferes with the radio.

@jon_raymond 5 років тому

No, thank you for sharing this information with us! I learn so much from your videos. Keep up the great work.

@h4tt3n 4 роки тому

This is really great! Very, very detailed and thorough tutorial.

@carlossolorzano8530 4 роки тому

This video literally saved my life right now... This channel is amazing, very clean video, very well explained, thank you so much

@DisgruntledPigumon 3 роки тому

Carlos Solórzano and by literally you mean figuratively. 🤦‍♂️

@yossrysawaby3447 5 років тому

Thank you so much for detailed and beautiful explanation. You are a talented teacher! ( I also like so much your workshop!)

@omskariyazmaraikayer913 6 років тому

A lot of planning and hard work must have gone in making these videos. I am a little ashamed to just say thank you . Thank you Sir.

@Ciiads 2 роки тому

❤️👍

@lukedwornik7535 5 років тому

Awsome job! Very well explained. I learnt a lot and that helps my project. Thank you. Keep doing such videos, thats amazing.

@ThomasWassa 6 років тому

I really enjoy Dronebot Workshop videos! Great job!

@felipegutierrezrojas2212 4 роки тому

Wow, before i have seen you, i thought you were young, you have a young clear voice! Perfect for people who don't speak english just like me.

@RahulJain-rj6jw 4 роки тому

You are seriously amazing. You explain so well that anyone can understand. Really helped me

@codebeat4192 5 років тому

Very well explained, the antenna length of 17,3 cm is a great advise. You said something like there is no split function, maybe it is a good idea to stimulate to create one, a function, and put into your toolbox (a library - toolbox.h|toolbox.cpp) so you don't have to invent the wheel next time you need such function. In the arduino community I dicovered people repeat similar steps over and over again, they using libraries of others however don't create libraries themselfs. As result, you will notice large sketch files with just a few changes (copy-paste) and horrible to maintain. People must start/must learn to create functions to split the problem into reusable parts/snippets, especially when project starts small and extend over time (it usually does). Supporting this method of developing a solution will be a great addition to your channel and the very clear explained content. Keep up the good work ;-)

@clarkso65 6 років тому

So far the most concise explanation, Thank you!

@piratewhoisquiet 5 років тому

Excellent explanation and demonstration. Concise and informative. Love it, thank you so much

@Usq7213 6 років тому

Were have you been all my life. VERY VERY good explanation and detail in every aspect. Love the way you explan, THANK YOU!!!

@clairsmyers3571 4 роки тому

Thank you! I have an extra class Ham Radio license! This is interesting. Thanks for the video!

@rwitriol 5 років тому

Very nice production values. Content well presented. Thank you.

@YvesQuemener 2 роки тому

This video made me realize I inverted data and Vcc on my transmitter and yet it worked. A testament at how simple the circuit actually is I guess.

@TeddyB1957 5 років тому

I tried one of those rx/tx pairs and could get it to work no matter what I did. So I gave up on the project. That was 4 years ago. This is the first video I've seen that explained how to use the rf modules and by watching your video I FINALLY know what was wrong. I saw the little coiled wire on the transmitter and receiver and assumed those were the antenna. Once you explained that an external antenna is required to get more than a couple of centimeters of range I realized that was my problem. My experiments had the two arduino about a foot apart and when it was not working I thought maybe they are too close so I moved the transmitting arduino across the room but that didn't solve the problem so in total frustration I gave up and moved on. Fours years later and I stumble on your video and watched it and thought wow...I can not believe that is all that was wrong. THANK YOU!!!

@simonmailhot4260 4 роки тому

Did you connect togather 2 GND of 2 Arduinos? I think it ia my problem. Thanks

@EduardoAvelar 6 років тому

Thanks for the amazing job. The way you explain and the calm of your speech is like a music for us. I would also to see some tutorial about power rf transmitter for an application like a remote weather station located in a mountain transmitting weather data about the location over a period of time for research purpose for example. Thanks.

@jasimwaqat5242 4 роки тому

Thank you, clear and to the point!!

@ferdiefajardo2255 4 роки тому

One of the best if not the best tutorial for RF module and arduino.... Thank you for sharing, it will help us newbies in this world of arduino.

@paultrgnp 6 років тому

A well prepared and crafted piece of education. Thanks for your time and effort.

@stanleyskarshaug6865 4 роки тому

WOW! Amazing tutorial. Keep up the great work :)

@apostoloschatzopoulos9256 6 років тому

i can say the only guide out there that helped me to establish a simple communication!

@TerryD15 5 років тому

I like your excellent style of teaching, easy and relaxed, very much like a college lecturer - clear, concise and very understandable making the access to such knowledge open and straightforward. I have subscribed to your excellent series and look forward to enjoying your company in future videos. As a newcomer to Arduino I have a question which I hope you can answer. Once I have tested the system on the uno as you suggest could I substitute a nano for the uno? Thanks for your effort in making these videos, it must involve much work.

@ingemargrip3073 5 років тому

Super informative and really educational! I am going to build my first DIY rc car for my kids and know I think I now how to, thanks to you.

@xyloidify 5 років тому

Great content, well described, very well presented. You are a great teacher, subscribed!

@hemong._editz1 2 роки тому

This was really helpful, since I am starting a youtube channel like you. Awsome work. Got yourself another subscriber. :) Keep it up.

@tpobrienjr 5 років тому

Thanks for another excellent explanatory video and demo.

@jeffjefferson2676 4 роки тому

Cool project! I ordered some BME 280 chips for arduino, those have pretty sensitive humidity, temperature, and pressure meters build in them. These modules you are using might be neat to use for building a weather station! Greetings, Jeff

@randywetzler5976 4 роки тому

Great job as always Bill! Thanks for sharing all these wonderful videos. As a newbie to programming I'm stumped on the proper way to convert the temperature string line to Fahrenheit. I played around with different variations of ...( - Temperature * 1.8) + 32) but can't quite get there when compiling. In addition, it would be neat to add the Date and Time to each line print out.

@abbagang3844 2 роки тому

You would need an RTC module for date and time

@salimsaddaquzzaman6794 4 роки тому

Happy little transmitter has a friend named receiver. Great. Subscribed

@JerryEricsson 6 років тому

Thanks a million. I have had several of these little sets in my parts box now for several years, never really sat down to figure out exactly how to use them though. My need is for an outdoor thermometer mounted under the hood of my Class A Motor Home. She is an 03 but the makers never saw fit to put that system in the rig. I would like to have the output to an LCD display and combine it with an electronic compass that is also missing in the rig. Since we travel all winter, in the American South West, both devices are almost necessary, as of yet we are depending on our cell phone apps for compasses and have one of those home indoor-outdoor thermometers mounted on the Drivers Side wall but it is back in the dining area next to the booth, so not viewable while traveling, and is not wireless, it has a sensor that goes out one window and I have glued to the exterior wall of the rig. This tutorial should get me running with my system, I have may arduino's available in several types so building the devices should be a breeze, it is just the software that had me stumped this far, you have shown me the way, so thanks again!

@bryanst.martin7134 5 років тому

Fix it yet?

@JaromirAdamek 2 роки тому

What a great video, thank you for your samples and especially great comented codes! :) It make me happy

@ehsanrezaei1512 2 роки тому

amazing project and perfect presenting. I love your work desk!

@zolatanaffa87 6 років тому

your videos are really well done: excellent graphics, excellent explanations (I'm Italian and with the help of subtitles and speed at 0.75 I can understand your words very well) I discovered you yesterday and I immediately registered. I studied electronics at school but in the '70s and some things were not there then! Thanks for sharing your knowledge p.s. just one question: in the full article is there a link to buy the two 433Mhz modules, or alternatively an abbreviation to identify them?

@cliffordhallam3270 6 років тому

Great video. Simple steps and easy to take in. Especially like the script explanation.

@chandrurn 6 років тому

, I would say you are the organised man ever I have come across, to keep the work place so neat and perfect, awesome, and what a crisp and clear explanations, wonderful, love to listen

@bluehornet6752 5 років тому

The c_str() function converts a String (class) object into a C-style array of characters. Specifically, it returns a constant char pointer, which is used to point to array of characters that are null-terminated to make them a (C style) "string".

@rolandelg3912 5 років тому

Thank you a lot for your nice videos. You are an excellent instructor.

@naboulsikhalid7763 4 роки тому

I absolutely enjoyed your video, very constructive. Huge thank you fom me.

@oladunk9986 5 років тому

For better results try a different and better receiver called RXB6, a little more expensive. The transmitter can be powered with up to 12 Volts. The maximum datarate is about 2000 bits per second. Enough to transmit small messages from temp and humidity sensors like DHT11 or DHT22, or LM35, TMP36 temp only. For even longer range you can try nRF24L01. Range here is about 1km in open air with a good antenna using 2.4GHz. Very good tutorial as usual. Thanks.

@leoponce82ponce 5 років тому

best videos ever.. please never stop posting!

@cleansensen2112 5 років тому

Awesome tutorial !!! I was searching for detailed explainiation with lil theory... this is it !!!! Thanks. I like the way you have arranged components in boxes... are they detachable ? I am looking for setting up a small workshop for myself... could you let me know where to get such cabinets ? Thanks in advance.

@rodnolasco 5 років тому

Great lessons. Thank you for sharing.

@dandwrasan2342 5 років тому

What a fantastic vid 👍🏻 very well presented and just stuff I love

@Helloworld-dq7hi 4 роки тому

Thank you for your great videos. With so many different sources to learn from it is hard to put things together so that's why i watch yours to get the complete picture. Could I request you do videos with the different wireless communication boards (One with bluetooth HC-05 and the nrf24l01). Thank you!

@housseinbenabdelhamid203 6 років тому

Thank you for this excellent video!

@KommaAchtKommaEins 5 років тому

Terrific. I've started tinkering with Arduinos yesterday with a Hall effect sensor and LEDs. And I'm sure that RF communication is simple enough so that even I can handle that. Thanks for your calm and relaxed explanation, the good audio and a prime example of how cleaned up a workshop can look like. :)

@abd-elrahmanmohamed9839 5 років тому

You are great in explaining things in awesome style

@GabrielGriffin82 5 років тому

Thank you so much your very easy to follow!

@shingabiss Рік тому

Top notch high quality video! Very well presented and quite helpful to me, thanks.

@mgtripa 4 роки тому

Congrats for the clear and well organized tutorials. I am using an Arduino Nano V3 but don't know what pins to use to connect the RF433 Tx and Rx. Also what code changes are needed? Can you please help?

@PakiNewsNetwork 2 роки тому

I've learned a lot from you. Thank you, Sir.

@sritamroy4430 4 роки тому

Great teaching technique.Thank you Sir.Waiting for more and more.

@MrMarkatgrc 3 роки тому

Congrantulations! We Thank you very much !

@venkatyalamati3285 2 роки тому

And your workshop looks great and clean 🙂

@davidhawkins3820 4 роки тому

First, let me say that I thoroughly enjoy the quality and content of your videos. I am working on a project that enables me to have a remote throttle for a 25hp 2 stroke engine. The distance will ALWAYS be less than 4 feet. Of the various transmitter and receiver types I've seen you and others present, which would be best for this. I also need to consider wire shielding from the noise created by the spark generation for the motor. It is my intention to use some type of servo at the throttle and a hand held, remote throttle.

@youpattube1 2 роки тому

I have been kicking around this same idea for a couple of years. How is your project coming along ?

@sumedhburbure4173 6 років тому

Your explainations are on point. Thank you for sharing your knowlegde with the electronics community. It helps specially for the beginners like me. Love from India :)

@Dronebotworkshop 6 років тому

And love back to you from Canada! My father was from India so I'm half-Indian myself.

@sumedhburbure4173 6 років тому

This is awesome!

@scottsmith6658 4 роки тому

Impeccable video. One thing I noticed is that you are sizing your receive buffers to the exact length of the expected string, without accounting for a terminating null character ('\0'). Since you're passing in buffer length to the ASK library receive function, I expect that it's not writing a 25th null byte at the end. Later down in the code, you're using things like strlen() and println(), which depend upon a properly null-terminating string. Your code appears to work fine, but I suspect it's due to the compiler adding zero-padding between the 'buf' and 'buflen' variables for word-alignment, or maybe just uninitialized stack being full of zeroes. I mention this because it's somewhat delicate... reorder your variables or change some seemingly arbitrary detail (like length of the message), and it may stop working properly.

@eideticgoone7035 4 роки тому

Agreed. I looked at :recv() in RH_ASK.cpp. It copies at most len, or less depending. Then it returns the actual number of bytes copied into len. It doesn't null terminate the string. It doesn't really consider it a c-string, just a uint8_t buffer. Then in the code above, this buffer is cast to a (char*) for printing. No one is adding a NULL at the end of the c-string. He must be getting lucky. Perhaps as you say because the compiler is padding out the stack with zeros. It doesn't seem necessary to do this, as the declaration of buflen comes immediately after the declaration of buf, and is also 8-bits long. I'm not sure, but looks like luck.

@wilmermendez4187 4 роки тому

Love your tutorial man!

@hicksear 6 років тому

Nice video. I normally add a 10k pull resistor on the DHT22 between data and vcc when not using a breakout board with one attached. I tried your example and it worked. My understanding is that the resistor stabilizes the output. But for battery operated systems would this be a drain on the battery? I'd be interested to hear what you think about this.

@jaimelopez7486 2 місяці тому

Another excellent video, I admire your commitement to quality, appreciate very much your contributions. Thank you so much,

@mikekendig6781 6 років тому

I really like all of your videos. Your method of teaching is great. Keep up the great work.

@Dronebotworkshop 6 років тому

Thai is very kind of you to say, thank you Mike.

@Photon_learning21century 5 років тому

One of the best channel I have subscribed..

@kenhedges8178 Рік тому

Do you post the code sketch for your projects somewhere? I find your tutorials very clear and well explained. Thanks

@razvanredy8579 6 років тому

Excellent, thank you. 100% the best.

@campanariodiademaadbsetor2607 5 років тому

meu amigo, adimirei de ver sua bancada e sua super organizacao desses potinhos guarda-componente, igual um conglomerado de formigas se organizando para um bom trabalho, ta de parabens.

@toms4123 4 роки тому

Very helpful. Clear and easy to understand

@acestudioscouk-Ace-G0ACE 3 роки тому

Interesting and useful. I need to look to see if you have done a video on controlling a stepper motor using rf type modules. I'm working on a small antenna rotator for the loft.