Using high-accuracy load cells enables designers to measure these haptic interactions during prototyping, ensuring the final product mimics the weight, snap, and texture of the real world. Interface provides measurement sensors and high-speed instrumentation needed to capture these micro-interactions and turn them into usable haptic data.

Sensor selection with Interface’s 5-phase framework is a checklist for optimizing your measurement system. The Sensor Selection Guide takes you through a series of important considerations when selecting the right devices for your project requirements. Go through the phases of characterization, mechanical fit, interconnect, instrumentation, and calibration. Learn how to optimize load cells, torque transducers, and multi-axis sensors for accuracy and reliability in this sensor-first approach.

Interface's Elasticity 101 details the importance of Hooke's Law of Physics. In a load cell, we want a material with a very predictable stiffness. If the material permanently deforms or creeps, the deformation value won't return to zero, and your measurements will be inaccurate. A load cell is essentially a mechanical transducer that converts mechanical force into elastic potential energy, which we then capture as data. Understanding how your sensor bends is the first step toward mastering precision force measurement. Learn more in Interface's ForceEDU 101 Series.