Measuring Destructive Testing Force with a 20 Ton Hydraulic Press

Published at : 23 Dec 2025

Clem loves performing experiments that involve destroying things with a hydraulic press (and using the press for more productive work, too). But the difference between fooling around and science is writing it down, and writing things down is not really Clem's favorite! So he builds an Arduino-powered digital readout for his 20 ton hydraulic press that does the work for him. His project features a bright LCD display and an analog-to-digital converter to obtain the data from a load cell! https://bit.ly/3AjkvPm

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#0:00 Welcome to Element14 Presents
#0:24 Overview
#1:37 Modules
#2:32 Weight Measurement
#8:04 Microcontroller and Display
#10:22 The Case
#11:22 Calibration
#12:56 Let's Do Science!
#14:17 Give your Feedback

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