Recommended · for some experience
#161 Measuring weight using an ESP32, a strain gauge, and a HX711
Why people recommend it
Pointed to when someone needs to measure weight with a microcontroller, using load sensors under a plate or bowl, and followed as a practical Andreas Spiess tutorial.
Watch for: one builder struggled to adapt it to a bathroom scale
In their words
There is a great tutorial which I followed:
Anna K on electronics.stackexchange.com, Apr 2018. CC BY-SA.