Load cells and Arduino for measuring a small silo weight

Can you post a link to your load cell?

The meaning of 1mV/V -- at rated load , the load cell will output 1 mV signal when the excitation voltage is 1V. Thus if you apply 5V excitation, the load cell will output 5 mV signal at the rated load.

The load cell is compatiable with the HX711 Module which contains a high gain amplifier and a 24-bit Serial ADC.

You can operate your system in one of the following two ways:
1. Use of the HX711.h Library which determines the calibraton factor in order to determine the unkown weight.

2. Make a 2-point calibrartion of your load cell and then measure the unknown weight.

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