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dcb · 09-15-2010, 08:18 AM

Can you measure the voltage on the sensor? It is probably part of a voltage divider circuit, and if it is putting out in the range of 0-5 volts then it is suitable to be read by an atmega without extra circuitry.

The next problem of course is adding some code to read it and display it.

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