Sen10245 sparkfun electronics sensores y transductores. Im really a newcomer to arduino and im trying to build a scale with four sen 10245 load cells and a hx711. Advanced arduino projects will require boards beyond the basic arduino uno. I am working on an application where i need to convert the weight of a person to calculate and use it for other parameter. The resistance of the flex sensor changes when the metal pads are on the outside of the bend text on inside of bend. Qwiic shield for arduino nano connects the i 2 c bus gnd, 3.
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How can i interface the above sensor with a microcontroller. Sen10245 sparkfun electronics sensors, transducers digikey. Also, youll see how to use the load cell module with arduino. Load cell amp hx711 breakout hookup guide urimedia. The arduino software includes a serial monitor which allows simple textual data to be sent to and from the arduino board. You may need to do some basic sums first to check that the amplifier bandwidth is adequate.
Shields, arduino kits, sensors, servos, sparkfun, pololu, seeedstudio. As the sensor is flexed, the resistance across the sensor increases. The hx711 load cell amplifier is used to get measurable data out from a load cell and strain gauge. The sensors communicate over i2c and one int output pin from each sensor is broken out. It provides access to accelerometer, gyroscope, and magnetometer sensor readings. With this board, you get a full 6 degrees of freedom.
Load cell amplifier hx711 breakout hookup guide learn. We used the sparkfun hih6 sen 11295 breakout board. Suggest corrections and new documentation via github. In this arduino tutorial of hx711 load cell amplifier interface. Mpu9250 breakout sen 762 this is an arduino ide library to control and read from the mpu9250. It is a load sensor sen 1638 similar to the sen 10245 from sparkfun. The first software step is to determine calibration factors for the scale. The arduino reference text is licensed under a creative commons attributionshare alike 3. Repository contents examples example sketches for the library. Frequent straingage questions electrical engineering.
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