SparkFun Load Cell Amplifier - HX711 Small Breakout Board Read Load Cells to Measure Weight Four-Wire Wheatstone Bridge Configuration Connect to sensors Build Scale Process Control Presence Detection

The Sparkfun folks did a great job providing documentation that made connecting the load cell and HX711 amp to my Arduino. The library support is also excellent.

The cheaper ones from China works. I was hoping the Sparkfun one is better and more stable, but it does not even work.

Hi, normally I support SparkFun products but in this case I would urge caution. I purchased this product because I was using cheap HX711 knockoffs from China and they weren't stable so I thought a good US product would be better. I was right in that it was more stable but after a few days it just stopped working. I have no idea what happened to it because it was in a working system, untouched by human hands. Possibly a voltage spike I guess but none of the other components were affected. I paid 4x more for this than the knockoff and am disappointed. I'll be going back to the cheaper alternative as I don't want to chance another failure.

I had high expectations, at 3x the cost of the rest and made in Colorado USA 🇺🇸, I expected a reasonably working product…If I run a sketch with or with out the unit connected the load values are the same …. Bummed out ☹️I don’t see any reason to spend more for equivalent results to overseas products