Strain gauge, HX711 and Arduino Uno

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@juliacarina10

Also: if I deconnect the VCC -- GND, pin 2, 3 still connected -- the output changes from "HX711 not found." to "HX711 reading: 0". Do you maybe know why that may be?

Yes. The software looks to see it the data signal is LOW and without Vcc it will be LOW