Comments on: How to Make a Ridiculously Cheap Analog Pressure Sensor

By: Faisal

Faisal — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 13:09:09 +0000

Nice idea, so increase the foam size, bigger range of pressure can be measured

By: Daven

Daven — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 21:39:17 +0000

@izzah: Depends on how stiff you make it. The sensor itself can do a pretty wide range, but in it’s foam form gets pressed completely with very little force obviously. If you coat it in something like the plastic dip, depending on how much you coat it, it will be a lot harder to squish it completley, so be able to register higher pressure. In the extreme case, you could even create a contraption with springs and plates and the like with the foam in between to potentially register extremely high pressures.

By: Izzah

Izzah — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 09:45:46 +0000

hey, how much can this pressure sensor gauge??? please reply asap thanks!!

By: bryan

bryan — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 04:41:39 +0000

anyone ever try this as a depth sensor on a submersible robot? I was thinking of making one and putting it inside a super flexible water tight enclosure so the deeper you go (hopefully) the more it is compressed and the resistance changes. the program would read that and then adjust depth via a homemade swim bladder. If it works it would be WAAYYYY cheaper than a submersible pressure transducer.

By: anoop

anoop — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 11:12:06 +0000

any one can plz tell me how one can make a pressure sensor of human foot size.

By: Giorgos Lazaridis

Giorgos Lazaridis — Sun, 09 Jan 2011 11:19:15 +0000

That is super awesome idea! I will use it in my projects as well. I will feature this page in my site. Excellent.

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By: Dion

Dion — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 07:49:16 +0000

Anybody tried using this type of sensor as a depth sensor(water level) for a tank?