iPedal Pro - Pedal Force Sensor

Loadstar's iPedal Pro pedal force sensor, is an easy to use sensor for measuring compressive forces applied during brake testing or similar applications where a user wants to measure the forces applied on to a pedal by a foot or hand. The iPedal Pro replaces the iPedal sensor we used to offer until August 2018.

This versatile force sensor can be strapped onto to the pedal using the convenient slots (slits) provided on the sensor and used with our LoadVUE Pro (LV-1000) software to easily display, log and plot the force data on a PC or Windows compatible Tablet or with a DAQ/PLC using the analog output.

You can buy just the pedal force sensor with mV/V analog output or buy it with interface devices such as analog signal conditioners, digital USB or wireless load cell interfaces, displays and software as complete ready to use kits.

Highlights

  • Low profile rectangular shape of sensor
  • Typically used for brake testing in automobiles
  • Also used for medical foot activated surgical tools
  • Standard mV/V output like other resistive load cells
  • Compatible with our resistive load cell interfaces

 

  • USB Output using DI-100U or DI-1000U @ about 60-80 Hz
  • USB Output @1kHz available using DI-1000UHS-1K
  • Wireless: DI-1000ZP (Xbee), DI-1000WiFi, DI-1000BLE
  • Analog 0.5 to 4.5 V DC output using AI-1000
  • LoadVUE Software is compatible with Win8/10 

Pedal Force Sensor Configurations

The iPedal sensors are based on the classic wheatstone balanced bridge network design using strain gages. The baseline output is mV/V i.e. if you supply say 10V to the sensor, then the output voltage may vary from 0 mV to 20 mV for a 2 mV/V device. They can be mated and used with digital or analog signal conditioners (digital or analog interfaces) to connect with PCs, PLCs, or simple LCD diplays. We offer the following options:

Pedal Force Sensor with DI-1000U

If you need to do testing and data gathering or want to display values on a PC/Tablet via USB, simply connect the load cell to the DI-1000U Digital Load Cell Interface & use the USB connector on the DI-1000 to connect to a PC via the USB port. The DI-1000U is a signal conditioner & 24-bit digitizer (good enough to handle load cells with 0.02% of full scale accuracy) and handles all the communications functions to talk with USB port of a PC.  When connected this way, the load cell appears on the PC as a virtual COM port. Using a standard terminal emulator you can send commands to the sensor to display loads on screen. They can be displayed either one reading at a time or in continuous operation mode. You can also use Matlab, LabView or other popular programs to communicate and get calibrated readings from the load cell. It would be best if used our LoadVUE Pro application to display, log or plot data on a PC.

iPedal Pro Pedal Force Sensor with 24 Bit USB Output DI-1000U and Software LV-1000
Kit Includes:


iPedal Sensor
DI-1000U Load Cell Interface
LV-1000 LoadVUE Pro Software
Add Calibration
Add Accessories

Pedal Force Sensor with DI-100U

If you do not need the very high precision of the DI-1000U, you can use our DI-100U digital load cell interface with 16 bit ADCs and Serial TTL or USB output.  The DI-100U is sufficient for accuracies of +/- 0.1% of full scale output.  Or in other words if you need to measure +/- 1 lb accuracy over 1000 lb range or +/- 0.1 lb accuracy over 100 lb range, then the DI-100U is more than adequate for your application. If you wish to connect a load cell with an Arduino or other microprocessors or microcontrollers, then you can disconnect the S2U Serial to USB converter adapter and directly communicate via UART. 

iPedal Pro Pedal Force Sensor with 16 Bit USB Output DI-100U and Software LV-1000
Kit Includes:


iPedal Sensor
DI-100U Load Cell Interface
LV-1000 LoadVUE Pro Software
Add Calibration
Add Accessories

Pedal Force Sensor with LCD Display

If you don't want to use a PC or PLC and just want a simple LCD display, you can use our DS-3000-Pro Touch Screen LCD Display. The load cell needs to be mated with a DI-100U or DI-1000U and calibrated together as a pair. This pair can be used with the display or with a PC or tablet. This it gives you a load cell, a DI-1000U USB Interface, LoadVUE Pro software (to use with a PC to display, log and plot data and recalibrate if needed) plus a Touch Screen Single Channel Display if all you need to do is just use for operations for a quick display.

iPedal Pro Pedal Force Sensor with 24 Bit USB Output DI-1000U and Digital LCD Display DS-3000-Pro-1 Channel
Kit Includes:


iPedal Sensor
DI-1000U or DI-100U USB Interface
DS-3000-Pro-1 Touch Screen Display
LoadVUE Pro Software
Add Calibration
Add Accessories

Pedal Force Sensor with Wireless Interface

You can use this load cell wirelessly by connecting it to our DI-1000ZP wireless load cell interface. This configuration allows you to wirelessly connect to a Windows/Unix/Mac computer. On a Windows platform, you can use our LV-1000 LoadVUE Pro software to display, log and plot force vs time data effortlessly. The DI-1000ZP uses the 802.15.4 protocol and offers robust connectivity to about 1000 feet in industrial environments. It comes with a battery backup for cordless operation for a couple of hours. If you wish to connect via WiFi or BLE we offer the DI-1000WiFi and DI-1000BLE that makes it easy to communicate with Smartphones as well.

iPedal Pro Pedal Force Sensor with Wireless Output DI-1000ZP DI-1000BLE DI-1000WiFi and Software LV-1000
Kit Includes:


iPedal Sensor
DI-100U Load Cell Interface
LV-1000 LoadVUE Pro Software
Add Calibration
Add Accessories

Pedal Force Sensor with Analog Interface

Some users want a high level 0-5V analog DC output in order to work with existing data acquisition systems or PLCs. Ih that case, you can use this load cell with our AI-1000 Load Cell interface which provides an amplified 0.5 to 4.5V output proportional to the applied loads. We can provide the system together with calibration and the formula to convert from voltage to loads/forces when ordered in this configuration. We also offer the AI-1000-CV with 4-20 mA output if you prefer current output. Please contact us for this kit.

iPedal Pro Pedal Force Sensor with Analog Output to Connect to PLC and DAQ
Kit Includes:


iPedal Sensor
AI-1000 Analog Load Cell Interface
Add Calibration
Add Accessories

Application Development

If you are looking to develop your own custom software application, our digital USB load cells and wireless load cell interfaces offer convenient ASCII commands to obtain load information directly from the interfaces/load cells without need for any signal conditioning or data processing. With just a few commands you'll be able to incorporate load/force/weight information into your application. You can also use Visual Basic, Visual C++, Matlab, LABView or any other application development environment to create your custom applications with our interface/load cells.

See our support pages for details.

You can access Sample Code for Visual Basic, Matlab, Python, Arduino and customize it for your own needs.

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