How Does a Digital Scale Work?

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Tip 1 - How Digital Scales Work

Published: 9 years, 7 month(s) ago | Submitted by Valerio Salvi | permalink

Digital scales are common measuring devices that harness several physical laws. Learn how digital scales weigh everything from peanuts to penguins.

For further reading: http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/everyday-tech/digital-scale.htm ^[1]

Tip 2 - Project Overview: How Digital Scales Work

Published: 9 years, 7 month(s) ago | Submitted by Godofwar 14 | permalink

The way a digital scale works is based on a component called a strain gauge. A strain gauge can be used to measure the force applied on an object. Whe...

For further reading: http://www.instructables.com/id/Motivational-Bathroom-Scale/step2/Project-Overview-How-Digital-Scales-Work/ ^[2]

Tip 3 - How Does a Digital Scale Work? | eHow

Published: 9 years, 7 month(s) ago | Submitted by Dracil | permalink

How Does a Digital Scale Work?. Digital scales work with the use of a strain gauge load cell. Whereas analog scales use springs to indicate the weight of an object, digital scales convert the force of a weight to an electric signal. Its key components consist of a strain gauge, a device used to measure the strain of an object, and load cell sensor,...

For further reading: http://www.ehow.com/how-does_5070012_digital-scale-work.html ^[3]

Tip 4 - Digital bathroom scale circuit - how it works?

Published: 9 years, 7 month(s) ago | Submitted by Doug Schmitt | permalink

I'd like to understand how the digital bathroom scales work. I was able to gather that there are four three-wire load cells connected into the Wheatstone bridge as suggested below. The load cells h...

For further reading: http://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/75005/digital-bathroom-scale-circuit-how-it-works ^[4]