[sdiy] flexible resistors?

[John L Marshall]

Check out www.omega.com . I used to buy thermocouples from this company.
They had every type of transducer imaginable.

Some trucks use strain gauges to measure axle load. Strain gauges are also
used to measure the volume of nasty stuff in a vessel. How much pressure on
the supports? Outputs are low. Use a differential amplifier.


----- Original Message -----
From: Jim Patchell <patchell at silcom.com>
To: Atom 'Smasher' <atom at suspicious.org>
Cc: <synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl>
Sent: Monday, November 05, 2001 7:30 AM
Subject: Re: [sdiy] flexible resistors?


>     Yep, sure is.  One name is "strain guage".  You can also get resistors
> that vary with pressure.  Never played with them.  But, if you look hard
> enough, you will find them.  I don't think they are cheap...
>
>     -Jim
>
> Atom 'Smasher' wrote:
>
> > i'm curious about flexible resistors.....
> >
> > resistors that have a variable resistance, based on how they are flexed.
> >
> > is there such a thing?
> >
> > where would i find them?
> >
> >         ...atom
> >
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