What's Wrong with this DHT22?

Question

I made a circuit that takes humidity and temperature from DHT22 sensor and displays it on Lcd Screen. Simple enough but i get this error "Failed to read from DHT". That happens because i have this code

 if (isnan(t) || isnan(h)) {
  delay(100);
    Serial.println("Failed to read from DHT");
  } else {
    delay(100);
    Serial.print("Humidity: ");
    Serial.print(h);
    Serial.print(" %\t");
    Serial.print("Temperature: ");
    Serial.print(t);
    Serial.println(" *C");
    //lcd.print("Temp: ") ;
    //lcd.print(t);
    //lcd.setCursor(0, 1);
    //lcd.print("Hum: ") ;
    //lcd.print(h);
  } 

So the values are NaN . But 1 minute before it worked fine, and now again it doesnt. Everything is soldered the right way and nothing is false. Lcd is wired ok and it works but i dont get values from DHT22.

Here are some pics to help you out.

In the third Image we see its working. And now its not! is the DHT sensor broken?

  #include "DHT.h"
#include <LiquidCrystal.h>`

#define DHTPIN 2     
#define DHTTYPE DHT22   // DHT 22  (AM2302)

LiquidCrystal lcd(12, 11, 5, 4, 3, 2);
DHT dht(DHTPIN, DHTTYPE);

void setup() {
  Serial.begin(9600);
  Serial.println("DHT22 test!");
  lcd.begin(16, 2)
  dht.begin();
}

void loop() {

  float h = dht.readHumidity();
  float t = dht.readTemperature();


  if (isnan(t) || isnan(h)) {
    Serial.println("Failed to read from DHT");
  } else {

    lcd.print("Hum: ");
    lcd.print(h);
    lcd.setCursor(0, 1);

    lcd.print("Temp: ");
    lcd.print(t);

  }
}

Thats my code by the way

Answer 1

Two things:

1. You need to put a delay in between your read requests. Currently you're reading way too fast, every few milliseconds you're hitting the DHT. Max interval should be every two seconds or so.
2. Add a 10k resistor between pin 1 and 2 of the DHT.

I'd bet adding a delay, or using the simpleTimer library to control how frequently you read from the DHT will clear this up.