Loadstar Sensors' award winning capacitive load cells offer unmatched ease of use in a low profile, rugged and integrated package. Our capacitive load cells offer serial, USB as well as Analog (0-5V DC) output without the need for any special signal conditioning equipment.

These sensors are excellent for applications in controlled room temperature conditions such as those available in R & D labs, Universities and test facilities where one needs to do a quick measurement of loads and forces, log data and visualize the data as a force vs. time plot.  Our USB or wireless load cells can be used directly with a PC while our analog load cells with 0-5 VDC output are ideal for use with a PLC or existing data acquisition system.

	iLoad Mini Load Cell	iLoad Low Profile Digital or Analog	iLoad TR Digital or Analog	iLoad Pro Digital or Analog
Diameter	1.25 in.	3 in.	3 in.	3.25 in. to 5 in.
Height	0.25 in.	0.5 in.	1.2 in.	0.66-0.90 in.
Capacity	10, 50, 100 & 200 lb.	50, 100, 250 & 500 lb.	10, 50, & 100 lb.	50, 100, 250, 500, 1000, 2500, 5000& 10,000 lb.
Best Accuracy*	± 0.5% of FS	± 0.25% of FS	± 0.25% of FS	± 0.25% of FS
Mode of Use	Compression or Tension or Universal	Compression Only	Compression or Tension or Universal	Compression or Tension or Universal
Cable Strain Relief	No (USB Type A)	No (USB Type A)	Yes (USB Type A)	Yes (USB Type A)
Signal Conditioner	DQ-1000 or DQ-4000 or DS-4000	Built in to Load Cell	Built in to Load Cell	Built in to Load Cell
Output Options	Frequency (base), Serial TTL or USB (with DQ-1000)	Serial TTL or USB (wireless with WX-100)	Serial TTL or USB (wireless with WX-100)	Serial TTL or USB (wireless with WX-100)
Off Center Loading Compensation	No (Force applied Axially)	No (Force applied Axially)	Yes (Can handle small off center loads)	No (Force applied Axially)
*With TARE at room temperature

Our capacitive load cells offer unmatched ease of use in a low profile, rugged and integrated package. The base output from our digital load cells (iLoad Series and iLoad Pro Series) and interfaces (DI-100) is Serial TTL (5V level digital output).  We then take this base digital output and provide a USB output using our USBA Serial TTL to USB adapter. 

This architecture provides flexibility for customers who want to interface with our load cells from microcontrollers via the Serial TTL (UART protocol), while end users who want high level digital output can easily do so with standard USB or Wireless protocols.  When a user requests analog output, we provide a Hybrid adapter (HX-100) using which the user can obtain BOTH digital USB and Analog 0-5 VDC output.

Our capacitive sensors are appropriate for steady state room temperature conditions where one needs to do quick measurements with a Tare.  If you need to perform long term measurements under varying temperature conditions, then we suggest you take a look at our offering of resistive strain gauge load cells which offer excellent temperature compensation from -10C to 40C and offers accuracies to +/- 0.02% of full scale loads.