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Weighing Euroboxes: DIY Load Cells vs. Off-the-Shelf Sensors
Episode 4562
Published 1 week, 4 days ago
Description
Industrial shelving rated for 200kg per shelf, four Euroboxes, and zero idea of the actual weight. Daniel asks how to measure it — and the answer splits into two very different paths. One is a solved engineering problem with $10 load cells and a $5 ADC chip. The other is a consumer product category that barely exists. We break down the physics of strain gauges, the reality of calibration drift, and why Zigbee, Matter, and Wi-Fi all come up short for weight sensing.