<div dir="ltr">Yeah, most strain gauges are just that. Strain gauges. No interface at all, just a resistor that changes resistance a tiny bit when you flex it. If there's not a commercially available Arduino shield, then it sounds like a good business idea. A quick Google got me these interesting hits:<div>
<br></div><div><a href="http://wiki.analog.com/university/contest/design/submissions/team_enigma">http://wiki.analog.com/university/contest/design/submissions/team_enigma</a><br></div><div><a href="http://www.osengr.org/Projects/Load-Cell-Shield/Load-Cell-Shield.html">http://www.osengr.org/Projects/Load-Cell-Shield/Load-Cell-Shield.html</a><br>
</div><div><a href="https://code.google.com/p/arduino-measurement-shield/">https://code.google.com/p/arduino-measurement-shield/</a><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">
On Wed, Oct 9, 2013 at 11:27 AM, Erik Arendall <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:earendall@gmail.com" target="_blank">earendall@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div dir="ltr">Depending on the strain gauge you might need an wheatstone bridge and an Op amp. Im not sure of any COTS boards for the arduino. <br></div><div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Oct 9, 2013 at 10:35 AM, David <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ainut@knology.net" target="_blank">ainut@knology.net</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">While we're at it, anyone have experience with strain gauges? I'd like to experiment with some that interface easily to an Arduino or other (embedded) cpu board.<br>
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