FSR - Too easy to 'close'

[abuttino]

I am a little too busy to get into ESP boards and would like to use a Thin Film Force Sense Resistor.

I have it hooked directly up to the contact sensor and it closes too easily.

What ohm resistor should I put inline to put more weight on it before it trips/closes?

[ritchierich]

Check out this thread from @ogiewon that uses FSRs:

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[abuttino]

The reason I didn't want to post on that thread is the fact that he is talking about Arduino. I

t's also impolite to 'thread-jack'. Plus, I know he hates thread-jacking from other threads that he's started and went off topic just a little bit.

[aaiyar]

I think @ritchierich meant to check out that thread for the resistance of inline resistors used.

[abuttino]

I have and didn't see any mention of a separate [inline] resistor.

[aaiyar]

@abuttino

didn't see any mention of a separate [inline] resistor.

https://community.hubitat.com/uploads/default/original/3X/7/5/750a977b60853a41ef716febae1d351f63f02a26.png

[abuttino]

To be fair, he's using a board with that, not a contact sensor dry-wired