A metal detecting system is designed based on STM32F103 microcontroller unit(MCU) and LDC1314 inductance to digital converter. To further improve the sensitivity of the detecting system, a method is proposed by changing the inductance coil numbers in the front of the LDC1314, the width and the outer diameter of the coil. The experiment is carried out by control variable method and a sensitivity improving method is proposed. The test results show that the method determines relative the optimal geometric...