Want to weigh something with uncanny precision? Use a Load Cell and an HX711 detector and you're in business! A what cell? All will be explained. And it is so very easy you will be amazed.
The sketch can be found here on my GitHub: https://github.com/RalphBacon/Load-Cell-Part-1
Calibration and seed-setting sketches can also be found here:
https://github.com/RalphBacon/Load-Cell-Part-1
The library can be found here: https://github.com/bogde/HX711
And if you use an Arduino Micro or Sparkfun Pro Micro what do you have to guard against if you don't want a 'bricked' Arduino? Watch to find out. Yes, it happened to me, don't let it happen to you.
And what has the postman delivered lately? A stepper motor, an Arduino Mega, an RFID ... well, watch and find out.
And for the completion of the LOAD CELL project don't miss the next video part 2 which will concentrate on the way I've mounted the hardware, the software with some simple demo code - easy. That's all coming in Part 2 (video #32).
Link to the load cell (500g) that I bought: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Aluminum-Electronic-Balance-Four-Wire-Weighing-Load-Cell-Sensor-YCZ-191-500g-/191598861371
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