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Measuring weight in modern times is usually accomplished by the help of digital scales. The range of weights that they can measure is wide, going from very light (as low as 0.05lbs) to heavy objects. The technology that makes digital scales possible is the load cell. It can measure the pressure applied to it, and the electronics in digital scale can transform that value into the weight of a measured object. The generated digital value is carried further to be displayed on a screen.
Todays market offers different brands, models, shapes and sizes of digital scales. They usually come with accessories such as AC adaptors, trays and calibration weights. Most scales come with an easy reference manual. With different models come various prices and build qualitites.
Digital scales are better than mechanical scales in many areas of usage. They offer more efficiency, accuracy and are more reliable in comparison to mechanical scales. Some of them can even fit in a pocket, as their size can be really small. Is much harder to make a mistake in measurement when using a digital scale. On many scales there is a port that enables them to be connected to a computer or an accounting system. Automatic postage calculation, label creation and printing become possible as a result of computer and accounting integration. All these extra features can make a digital scale much more expensive than mechanical one.
The most important feature of a digital scale is a digital display. Important characteristics that determine the readability of the display are size, LCD matrix quality, backlight type and digit size.
A digital scale of high quality must have high precision and accuracy. Overloaded scales should not break easily. Other parameters that define the quality of a scale are weight capacity, precision and accuracy.
Digital scale can have many different uses, from simple home use, in business such as postal scale, industry, warehouses, and medicine. Some of the most often used types of scales are bathroom scale, kitchen scale, postage scale and floor scale.
