Hi,
I'm looking into ways of corner balancing and need some help brainstorming ideas. I would love to build a corner balancing system which reads electrical load cells with an Arduino connected to a display. All the electronics and programming I can build myself with no help.
But looking at the mechanical design, I think I need some more ideas. Load cells for high weight are pretty expensive and for low weight are very cheap. $0.40 reach for up to 110lbs.
Now I'm debating on how to do this best. Either using like 6 of those in a sandwich between 2 plates. Problem how can I make sure that the weight is equal enough distributed and not one cell gets too much load.
Or my other idea is doing it with some kind of a lever mechanism. Maybe 1:10 that would allow up to 550lbs with 1 cell. I have a design in mind, but haven't put it on paper yet. Problem mechanical design way more complex as with the sandwich solution.
Leveling would in both cases need to be done manually. Calibration can be done within the software.
I'm looking into ways of corner balancing and need some help brainstorming ideas. I would love to build a corner balancing system which reads electrical load cells with an Arduino connected to a display. All the electronics and programming I can build myself with no help.
But looking at the mechanical design, I think I need some more ideas. Load cells for high weight are pretty expensive and for low weight are very cheap. $0.40 reach for up to 110lbs.
Now I'm debating on how to do this best. Either using like 6 of those in a sandwich between 2 plates. Problem how can I make sure that the weight is equal enough distributed and not one cell gets too much load.
Or my other idea is doing it with some kind of a lever mechanism. Maybe 1:10 that would allow up to 550lbs with 1 cell. I have a design in mind, but haven't put it on paper yet. Problem mechanical design way more complex as with the sandwich solution.
Load Cell-50kg
This Load Cell- load sensor, sometimes called a strain gauge, is the same one found in digital bathroom scales. This sensor can measure up to about 110 pounds.
www.makerfabs.com
Leveling would in both cases need to be done manually. Calibration can be done within the software.