Having drawn out the main PCB portion....I measured the load cells and did another Ugly Sketch of just the Strain Gauges and how they configured into a wheatstone bridge. Knowing this would allow me to add my own load cell amplifier to this circuit and then output to an AVR type microprocessor. Since I didn't need to recreate the wheel here....I ended up using the HX711, which already had libraries that were well documented and were usable in ESP32 type chips.....which I wanted to use because of their WiFI and Bluetooth capabilities. Wiring diagrams are on the SparkFun page....but I will do a full diagram when I am done with the project.
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