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How to interface a digital scale strain gauge weight sensor with a microcontroller [closed]
It is a Load Sensor(SEN-1638) Which can be used to Measure upto 110 Pounds
So,How To Interface the above sensor to a Microcontroller Component?
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How to measure the car battery charge with good precision
My goal is to replace the analog battery gauge in the dashboard - with a more accurate, digital gauge.
My first idea was to look for a specialized IC. I'm familiar with battery gauges for LiPo ...
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Driving a dual axis with one stepper motor [closed]
I'm busy learning a bit of electronics, and trying to create an analog gauge replica of a Cessna 172 aircraft altimeter.
I'm using an Arduino Mega 2560 to fiddle with, and thinking of using a stepper ...
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Can I read smartphone batteries gas gauge info with a PIC?
I'm in a quest trying to find some easy way of having my batteries charge level displayed. I've found it not so trivial as I thought it would be (because any smartphone is capable of doing that). Than ...
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Wire gauge of 40 pin IDE cable
What is the gauge of wire used in a typical commercial 40 pin IDE cable?
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Wheatstone circuit not functioning
I have 3 dummy strain gauges suffering no strain (all 120 ohms, G.F=2.1) and the fourth (same characteristics) is meant to pick up torque at 45 degrees on a rod. It has been verified on an external ...
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Amplifying strain gauges on an arduino
I have 4 standard mild steel foil strain gauges bonded to a steel bar in a wheatstone bridge arrangement. They are implemented into a circuit with the INA 125P amplifier. I only manage to use about a ...
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Strain gauges burned out in half bridge
I've been using a full wheatstone bridge (4 strain gauges) to read stress on a steel bar, through a circuit mounted on an arduino breadboard. This seemed alright. I later used two strain gauges of ...
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High voltage metallic shield grounding
What size of conductor I have to use to ground the shield of a high voltage cable? I would guess that the size of the grounding conductor is related to the size of the cable, but I'm not sure.
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Bonding strain gauges to ABS
As the question says, I've been looking for the best way to bond strain gauges to Acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS). It will be a circular cross section ABS piece. I'm not sure if this is an ...
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Will two 14Ga. wires handle the same load as one 10Ga. wire in a 12V DC application?
I'm wiring up a trailer brake controller unit on my 79 Jeep Wagoneer and I want to run 10Ga. supply wire to the unit. I bought 20 feet of 10Ga. wire while in town today and ran said 10Ga. wire to the ...
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Analog Gauge provider
I'm designing an altimeter based on a pic microcontroller and a freescale pressure sensor.
I'd like to output the altitude from the pic using an analog gauge. I found some useful information ...
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