My progress been delayed by samples getting stuck in customs. I would have preferred to have tested out the design before sharing more, but I can at least provide some of the theory of the design that I ordered from OSH Park. It looks really good in after dark.
Here is the schematic for the design:
As I mentioned in the last post, I included two buzzers as a stuffing option. You can see how they overlap in the picture of the board. Another interesting thing to note are the three resistors, R5-7. These are another stuffing option I will be testing. As shown they are three different load resistors that I could use for impedance measurements. I am hoping that the loading of the current to digital circuit will be sufficient for my measurements so that these are not needed. If they are not needed as loads, I may use them as reference values for calibrating the impedance measurements. I expect reference impedances will be more useful than the programmable loads. The current to digital circuit measures current integrated over time which is perfect for counting coulombs into a capacitor. The voltage rise per coulomb is proportional to the capacitance.
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