Expanding on Simple Weight Scale
Following up on the article about Sparkfun’s OpenScale project, this article updates the initial project to check calibration at power-up and skip the calibration sequence if a valid calibration already exists. This uses the original article and builds on it...
I want to measure the weight of a container of fluid. I want to just use 2 load cells on the front 2 LEGS (of 4).
Can I just parallel up the 4 wires to sum the weight on the 2 legs and treat as a single load cell? What are the disadvantages of doing that vs taking 2 independent channels & adding...