Hello AAC. I appreciate your time and help.
I am trying to use a pressure transducer (PX-137-015) with my Arduino Mega. My first mistake was brushing over the fact that the transducer's output is 90 mV - I thought that was in the range of the Arduino but of course it's too small. I tried connecting the transducer outputs (it is a differential sensor) to A0 and A1, then finding the difference using analogRead() and basic math, but like I said, the signal is too small for the Arduino to read.
When I used a multimeter attached to the V+/V- pins of the transducer, it was able to read ~3.5 mV when I blew into the "high" port. So I know that the transducer is working. I am trying to use the Grove Differential Amplifier v1.2 with gain of 35 but the signal is sporadic! Here is the link : http://wiki.seeedstudio.com/wiki/Grove_-_Differential_Amplifier_v1.2.
My connections are as follow:
J3 side:
VCC -> 3.3V
GND -> GND
V+ -> high side of transducer
V- -> negative side of transducer
J4 (white terminal) side:
GND -> GND
VCC -> 3.3V
NC -> no connection (?)
SIG -> A8
My code is:
void setup() {
// put your setup code here, to run once:
Serial.begin(9600);
analogReference(EXTERNAL); //connected to 3.3V source on board
}
void loop() {
// put your main code here, to run repeatedly:
float pressure = analogRead(A8) * (3.3 / 1023.0) ;
Serial.println(pressure);
delay(500);
}
The serial port will display -0.00 but won't show anything when I apply some pressure to the high side port (even though the multimeter reads 3.5 mV, which means the signal should read .12 V due to the 35 gain). It then jumps randomly up to .44 for one increment and then back down to -0.00.
Am I using this amplifier incorrectly? Do you see something wrong with my code? I greatly appreciate any insight. Thank you!
I am trying to use a pressure transducer (PX-137-015) with my Arduino Mega. My first mistake was brushing over the fact that the transducer's output is 90 mV - I thought that was in the range of the Arduino but of course it's too small. I tried connecting the transducer outputs (it is a differential sensor) to A0 and A1, then finding the difference using analogRead() and basic math, but like I said, the signal is too small for the Arduino to read.
When I used a multimeter attached to the V+/V- pins of the transducer, it was able to read ~3.5 mV when I blew into the "high" port. So I know that the transducer is working. I am trying to use the Grove Differential Amplifier v1.2 with gain of 35 but the signal is sporadic! Here is the link : http://wiki.seeedstudio.com/wiki/Grove_-_Differential_Amplifier_v1.2.
My connections are as follow:
J3 side:
VCC -> 3.3V
GND -> GND
V+ -> high side of transducer
V- -> negative side of transducer
J4 (white terminal) side:
GND -> GND
VCC -> 3.3V
NC -> no connection (?)
SIG -> A8
My code is:
void setup() {
// put your setup code here, to run once:
Serial.begin(9600);
analogReference(EXTERNAL); //connected to 3.3V source on board
}
void loop() {
// put your main code here, to run repeatedly:
float pressure = analogRead(A8) * (3.3 / 1023.0) ;
Serial.println(pressure);
delay(500);
}
The serial port will display -0.00 but won't show anything when I apply some pressure to the high side port (even though the multimeter reads 3.5 mV, which means the signal should read .12 V due to the 35 gain). It then jumps randomly up to .44 for one increment and then back down to -0.00.
Am I using this amplifier incorrectly? Do you see something wrong with my code? I greatly appreciate any insight. Thank you!
