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Old 12-03-2008, 09:02 AM   #5 (permalink)
trebuchet03
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In my limited experience, I can't think of a resistance switch circuit.... But, voltage switches are fairly simple.... To convert resistance to voltage, you'd need to use something called a Wheatstone bridge - basically four resistors, one of which would be your gauge's.

Not sure if that would cause any problems because you're applying an additional voltage to the resistor.... But now you've got some research to do
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