If your making the piston system why not just have a very small piston pushing on a strong spring and a micro switch operated by how far the spring is compressed. If you put a screw on the opposite end of the spring to the piston you could adjust the operating pressure.
When we talked about an analogue system we meant a comparitor with one input connected to the pressure sensor output and the other input to a reference voltage. The reference voltage would normally be set using a potentiometer but as you do not want to use a potentiometer you could calculate the required resistor values. The comparitor chip would have to be followed by a transistor to give enough current to drive a suitable relay. As you planed to use an arduino that would also require a transistor an relay on the output. So the comparitor chip (An LM393 at about £0.5) and a few resistors would replace the arduino.
Some hysteresis could be designed into the compatitor circuit to avoid rapid on / off cycling. Many of us could draw you thhe circuit to use a comparitor.
Les.
When we talked about an analogue system we meant a comparitor with one input connected to the pressure sensor output and the other input to a reference voltage. The reference voltage would normally be set using a potentiometer but as you do not want to use a potentiometer you could calculate the required resistor values. The comparitor chip would have to be followed by a transistor to give enough current to drive a suitable relay. As you planed to use an arduino that would also require a transistor an relay on the output. So the comparitor chip (An LM393 at about £0.5) and a few resistors would replace the arduino.
Some hysteresis could be designed into the compatitor circuit to avoid rapid on / off cycling. Many of us could draw you thhe circuit to use a comparitor.
Les.