SPF FORCE SENSITIVE RESISTOR 4MM

SKU: SPF FORCE SENSITIVE RESISTOR 4MM

BRAND: SparkFun


Miniature Force Sensitive Resistor 1M OHM to 2.5K OHM on Full Pressure

Overview

This is a small force sensitive resistor. It has a 0.16" (4 mm) diameter active sensing area. This FSR from Interlink Electronics will vary its resistance depending on how much pressure is being applied to the sensing area. The harder the force, the lower the resistance. When no pressure is being applied to the FSR, its resistance will be larger than 1MΩ, with full pressure applied the resistance will be 2.5kΩ.

Two pins extend from the bottom of the sensor with 0.1" pitch making it bread board friendly.

These sensors are simple to set up and great for sensing pressure, but they aren’t incredibly accurate. Use them to sense if it’s being squeezed, but you may not want to use it as a scale.

Features

  • Actuation Force as low as 0.1N and sensitivity range to 10N.
  • Easily customizable to a wide range of sizes
  • Highly Repeatable Force Reading; As low as 2% of initial reading with repeatable actuation system
  • Cost effective
  • Ultra thin; 0.35mm
  • Robust; up to 10M actuations
  • Simple and easy to integrate

Specification

  • Overall Length : 1.75"
  • Overall Width : 0.28"
  • Sensing Area : 0.3"