Build Your Own Pressure Sensor / Velostat / Scamp3 

I've made these before using copper foil tape, but that approach can be somewhat fragile. I never thought about using solder wick. Thanks for the idea!

An ingenious idea and a great video Ken. As to uses for such a device, a midi Hi Hat pedal immediately springs to mind ! I'm continuing to have great fun with FlashForth and my various 328p based boards. I am currently enjoying playing with shift registers and using the "csend" word which is of course the equivalent Arduino's "Shift out" function.

Great idea to use the solder wick!

...Great tip, and a lot cheaper than using Force Sensitive Resistors, in appropriate applications.

Great project! I'm gonna study up on velostat and get some!

Smart idea... never saw that one before... Thanks for enlightening me and I'm sure many others...😉

Apparently this velostat material is used in the otomatone toy as a ribbon controller. As in, it outputs a different voltage (while hooked up to power) based on where you press on the ribbon. This seems to be at conflict with the velostat being a pressure sensitive resistor. I originally thought it was more of a resistive strip, like a potentiometer wiper or a sheet or graphite. It seems they used two sheets of velostat against eachother for the ribbon controller. It would be nice to test it out.

Very innovative idea!

Class 🙂👍👍👍

Excellent. Thank you.

Great but do another video when you put this on your finger back and pend the finger and see the result. I expect it also senses the degree of your figure pend, it is like flex sensor, if worked share it

Very, very cool. :)

Neat!

I think a while ago you used the foam to make a pressure transducer, I could be mistaken. Would the sensor output change if the sensor is bent ?Maybe could be used to detect angles roughly, looks like it could be good for making a scale too.

could you recommend a microcontroller with 30 or more pins that could work like the scamp 3 in this circuit? I want to implement LEDs in a circular configuration so that the one in the center lights up with a little pressure and then by adding pressure the second circle lights up, then the third, etc...I need it to be compact, so the scamp probably isn't ideal. P.s. Thank you for the content you make. I've learned a lot.

This is awesome! Any idea how I could make this a on/off switch? Press=On, Release=Off... connected to some simple circuit without Arduino

Hi sir, does the Velostat surface need to be sandwiched with conductive material like copper to be able to detect pressure? what if I used copper tape but the adhesive side (the side that contacted the velostat's surface) are not conductive ? I'm thinking if this possible for wearable Vest with pressure sensor that cover whole area.

could I use this pressure sensor for a chair that detects if someone is sitting on it?

can we use raspberry Pi or arduino instead of scamp3 (scamp3 is not available where i live)

Hi ken, the reason I am contacting you is because I need help on an idea I have to creat a batting glove that reeds the pressure points when swinging a bat, can you help me with that?