Curiosity teardown: digital scale

Last month this digital scale showed up in the mail (Thanks Larry). As tends to happen whenever i get my hands on some new device, I'm going to take a peek inside and see what makes it work. Grab a fresh drink and join me on the adventure. For much more detail on the weighing element at the core of this thing, here's a couple of articles: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Load_cell https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strain_gauge ----- My tip jar: https://www.patreon.com/pileofstuff My other tip jar (channel membership) : https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRiFz3gNKE3VysarZ7nmqIA/join Buy me a coffee (or a beer): https://ko-fi.com/pileofstuff If you are OK with me getting a commission on your purchases, feel free to use my affiliate links: Ebay: https://ebay.to/33IF7PA Banggood: http://pileofstuff.ca/r/9ajsf Some other links to products may be affiliate links #ElectronicsCreators ----- This isn't the only way to do it. It's probably not the best way to do it. But it's how I did it.