Pressure-sensor tests
I have some oil-pressure sensors, and plan to use them as oil/fuel/water/ebp... sensors.
(still seek for such connectors)
These are VDO 360.081/061/006 units, 0-10bar range.
There's not much data on the web but this table:
mBar Resistenza (Ohms)
0 10
2000 51
4000 86
5000 104
6000 122
8000 152
10000 180
I'm affraid these are NOT datasheet-numbers, but some home-measurement instead.
I've put together some nice excel-sheet to calculate it's characteristics:
Tried to keep it simple using linear approximation, this way i was able to code it to megatune ini also.
Took some measures with my "professional" benchpad:
I've got slightly lower pressures than reality (-0.1, -0.2bar at free air).
Gauge is flickering, jumps to even -0.4 bars. -Played around with series resistor values but couldn't make it better.
At 1.5+ bars it seems to get stable, and maybe closer to real-life, but couldn't get real numbers without calibrated reference.
I'm not sure what accuracy can be expected from such sensors.