[General] strain gauges

[Jacob Chancery]

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:

http://wiki.analog.com/university/contest/design/submissions/team_enigma
http://www.osengr.org/Projects/Load-Cell-Shield/Load-Cell-Shield.html
https://code.google.com/p/arduino-measurement-shield/




On Wed, Oct 9, 2013 at 11:27 AM, Erik Arendall <earendall at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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.
>
>
> On Wed, Oct 9, 2013 at 10:35 AM, David <ainut at knology.net> wrote:
>
>> 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.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> David M.
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