I am looking to measure the force applied (in this case by a foot to a pedal).
I have a working prototype that allows up to 450N of force, but wish to double this.
The load cell I have been using is available in a 900N rating however there is no stock of this nor is it likely to be available any time soon. The output of the loadcell is as a value transmitted in the I2C protocol
As a late night brainwave purchase I bought a second identical load cell, with the thought process that if I divided the load between both and then summed the values I would have the force applied, while increasing the load measuring capacity to the desired range.
I am however getting myself very confused over whether I am just measuring the same force twice.
My current plan / arrangement is to have the load cells at the end of a rod, all held within a tube, so:
Fixed end -- load cell -- rod -- load cell -- pedal
While the basic physics is current, my brain is getting older and would like a bit of help working this out (other than through experiment) before I start machining metal. Its over 20 years since I needed to consider anything like this.
Thanks in advance
