Interface the HX711 to Pi

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DCT Electronic HX711 board plugged into P5
HX711

Building a scale using the DCT Electronic HX711 board is as easy as Pi!

The HX711 spec sheet

Order the board from ebay

Download the software

Change the GPIO pins from 30 and 31 to 28 and 30. This way they are all on one side of P5:

P5-1
+5
P5-3 GPIO28
P5-5 GPIO30
P5-7 Ground

Comes with two sets of headers, straight and right angle.

need a female header 1x4

Just need load cells and calibration