Tekscan FlexiForce™ Prototyping Kit

Tekscan FlexiForce™ Prototyping Kit allows engineers and designers to plug a preferred circuit module (or modules), easily make sensitivity adjustments, and gain insight into how a FlexiForce sensor will behave in a user's prototype. The kit comes with three interchangeable analog circuit modules, and the resistor/capacitor values are easy to swap out. The open-source nature facilitates efficient progression to field testing and the final embedded design.

Features

Saves engineers and designers the effort of building circuitry and other components for a FlexiForce-embedded proof-of-concept or prototype
Interchangeable analog circuit modules allow users to test the functionality of the FlexiForce sensors with ease
Open-source software interface allows users to control loading, record sensor data, adjust sensitivity, and calibrate the sensor
Relative force feedback is displayed on the Prototyping Kit via a blue-to-red LED light

Sensitivity adjustment made programmable via the reference voltage and an on-board jumper easily selects the applied voltage
Resistor/capacitor values are easy to swap out
See instant feedback of sensor performance under different loading actuators and interfacing materials
RoHS compliant

Specifications

9V input
0 to 5V analog output range
Up to 10-bit digital output, 8-bit default

USB communication
-10°C to +50°C operating temperature range

Kit Contents

1x FlexiForce prototyping board
- Programmable reference voltage (sensitivity adjustment)
- Arduino nano chip
- 9V battery connector
2x FlexiForce sensors
- 1x A201-1
- 1x A201-25

3x analog circuit modules
- Voltage divider
- Inverting op-amp
- Noninverting op-amp
Quickstart guide, includes a link to download open-source software