Questions tagged [air-pressure]
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Necessary components for a basic I2C circuit
I am trying to build a simple circuit to read from a pressure sensor using an Arduino Micro.
I looked at the datasheet and have a breadboard circuit which can be schematised as:
I know this isn't the ...
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Electron beam welding light arcs and insufficient vacuum [closed]
I have an electron beam apparatus in a small vacuum chamber. When powering the holder and grid cap to high voltages somewhere between 1-10kV while the filament is heated, the following visually ...
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Analog Microelectronics ASM 5915 pressure/temperature sensor coding problem
I'm trying to use an Analog Microelectronics ASM5915-1000-D pressure/temperature sensor with a Raspberry Pi Pico running CircuitPython. I'm communicating with the device using I2C, and getting data ...
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Air compressor - auto on and off [closed]
What can I add to my air compressor so it automatically turns off when it exceeds a certain pressure, and on when below a certain pressure? Is there a device that I can manually set lower and upper ...
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Does flowing or turbulent air affect gas sensors such as PM2.5 Laser dust sensors and NDIR sensors?
My project is to place a laser dust sensor to detect PM2.5 and an NDIR gas detector on a drone to measure air quality. My understanding is that these sensors work by shining a laser through a channel ...
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Real input range of differential ADC HX710B
Accordingly to the datasheet of HX710B its differential input range is +/-20mV.
The HX710B is used in the air pressure sensor together with sensing bridge MPS20N0040D. The schematics is:
For reading ...
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Using an air pump for an pneumatic forearm trainer [closed]
I am attempting to create a forearm training device which looks like this (I don't know what it's called). Can I use this air pump motor with an arduino? It can provide pressure up to 100 kpa, but I ...
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Using pressure transducers and air pumps with arduino
I am trying to create an pneumatic system where the Arduino board can both pump air and work as a vacuum. I am confused as to what exactly an pressure transducer can do. As far as I know, a transducer ...
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Measuring Pressure Difference From MPX10DP sensor using Arduino
I'm trying to measure differential pressure of air from MPX10DP sensor using Arduino. This sensor has a very low voltage output that is about 35 mV, so Arduino UNO cannot read it directly. Thus, I ...
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MPX2100DP differential pressure sensor with Arduino
I am trying to use a pressure sensor which is MPX2100DP. Datasheet is; https://www.nxp.com/docs/en/data-sheet/MPX2100.pdf
My goal is to measure the air pressure inside a pipe. First of all, I tried it ...
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Interpreting HP ratings of a pressure switch label?
I'm trying to interpret the voltage/HP table given on the badge of an air compressor pressure switch. Here's the badge:
What is confusing is what this table is actually supposed to be telling me. The ...
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Read three signals from MPX2102DP pressure sensor
I have an MPX2102DP pressure sensor. I have designed a simple instrumentation amplifier using the OP07 amplifier to read the output (differential pressure) of this sensor.
From the datasheet, I have ...
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Performance of series fans on a heatsink
I have a large heatsink with fans that push air through the heatsink parallel to the fins, very similar to Fischer Elektronik LA 9 150 230 V but not identical. I know that a heatsink increases the ...
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Hovercraft not moving at all [closed]
I'm a beginner in electronics. I tried making a hovercraft that looks like this:
The bottom looks like this:
And the battery used is this:
I have used a 9v motor, a 9v battery and a dual blade ...
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How is clearance affected by altitude (air pressure)?
Let's say you have a high-voltage circuit (or any voltage really) and you want to provide appropriate clearance distance for the PCB, connector pins, etc.
(Above image from link)
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