User Manual

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1 INTRODUCTION
SingleTact is a single element tactile pressure sensor that accurately and reliably quantifies applied
force combined with a simple interface board offering a 0 to 2V analog output for immediate Data
Acquisition (DAQ) integration and an I
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C based interface for integration into embedded systems.
Standard and Calibrated sensors (with matched pre-calibrated interface board) are available.
This document provides all the information necessary to interface with the SingleTact including a
sample Arduino digital interface and simple C# PC DAQ software (see EXAMPLE USE CASE)
All demo and API source code is open source and can be downloaded from: www.singletact.com.
Figure 1 SingleTact Sensor and Interface Board
Figure 2 Use Case Configurations
*1 – In addition to the data acquisition example, a .NET library is available to download for simple integration into a user’s
own software suite. See Example .NET API.
*2 – Supports over 100 SingleTact interface boards on a single I
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C bus. The interface board firmware can be modified to
fit user’s specific use cases – if required please contact PPS to discuss this option.
*3 – PPS maybe able to assist with this – use the contact links at http://www.singletact.com/contact/.
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