Measuring the tension in a cable

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Small enough?

Creating a fuel gauge using 16x NeoPixels

OK, even if my setup was working perfectly on the bench, I found out the Laser VL53L0X module is not a good working solution to detect gas levels after testing my setup on the tractor fuel tank, probably because of the irregular shape of the shallow gas tank (approx 8" deep) and light not being reflected by gasoline due sensor not hitting gasoline at a perpendicular angle. I did some more research and discovered that the best way to accomplish this would be to use a Digital Barometric Pressure …