today i took one of my small PCBs, soldered on a forse sensitive resistor and a JST connector and tested the sensor and board. it worked perfectly even when being powered by the main control board. The sensor was fairly accurate and sensitive and pressing it fully it never went over 3.3v which was from the op amp i put in which means everything works great. next i have to assemble all 10 of the sensor boards and then integrate everything into the final band/rig.