Pressure Monitor
An open-source, Arduino-based pressure monitor for the VasoTracker myograph system (or for any other application)
Required Components
To build the pressure monitor, you are going to need to purchase a few bits...
Pressure sensor parts
| Part | Supplier | Part # | Qty | £/unit | Total | Website link |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arduino Uno | RS Components | A000066 | 1 | 20.7 | £17.00 | RS Components website link |
| 12V Power Supply | RS Components | 903-7048 | 1 | 5.81 | £5.81 | RS Components website link |
| Wheatstone Amplifier Shield | Robot Shop | RB-Onl-38 | 1 | 15.96 | £15.96 | Robot Shop website link |
| LCD Shield | Mouser | RB-Cyt-73 | 1 | 9.01 | £9.01 | Robot Shop website link |
| Honeywell Flow through pressure transducers | Mouser | 26PCCFG5G or 26PCDFG5G | 2 | 36.72 | £73.44 | Mouser website link |
| 12" 4-Pin Jumper Wire | Sparkfun Electronics | PRT-10374 | 2 | 1.48 | £2.96 | |
| Arduino R3 Stackable Headers | Sparkfun Electronics | PRT-10007 | 1 | 1.14 | £1.14 | |
| Total | £125.32 |
Building the Pressure Monitor
Once you have all of the components, you're going to need put them together. We wrote a guide...
VasoTracker Pressure Monitor Manual
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Programming the Pressure Monitor
It doesn't work unless you tell it what to do!
Programming the VasoTracker Temperature Controller:
- Download the Arduino .ino file below.
- Download and install the Arduino IDE
- Open and upload the code to the Arduino by clicking the upload button
VasoTracker Pressure Monitor Software V4 (08/07/2021)
Updates:
New in V4
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- Save pressure calibration to Arduino memory. No more need to calibrate every time!
- Changes from integers to doubles to allow negative values and improve stability.
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3D-printed Enclosure
An enclosure for the Arduino pressure monitor. It can be downloaded from our GitHub page or the link below
VasoTracker pressure monitor enclosure files
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