Creating your own instrumentation that is useful and of course accurate is a challenge, however it can be done and one interesting example is by Raivis Strogonovs who needed to weigh some LEGO bricks. Raivis solved the problem by creating a strain gauge based around a Wheatstone bridge circuit and some external op-amp circuitry that was mounted nicely on a custom protoshield. As well as the instructions you're also presented with the theory behind the project, which makes for an educational read as well.
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Jump to comment formsachin said:
Hi Johnm
I want to know more about interfacing four 10kg load cell strain gauges to be interfaced to Eleven or Arduino Uno. We want to measure the weights continuously and store in a csv file.
I’ll first study and order the items if ok.
regards
Sachindeo