There is something I am working on that will need some type of angle sensor. I am going to use a potentiometer. First, who came up with that name? Isn't this name the same as a voltmeter? Something is ...

Potentiometers, or variable resistors, are a standard component that we take for granted. If it says “10k log” on a volume pot, than we fit and forget. But if like [Ben Holmes] you are modelling ...

The usual input device for playing a synthesizer is the good old piano keyboard. However, you don’t have to stick to such pedestrian interfaces when making music. [Daisy] has a fun build that shows us ...

The classic potentiometer (pot) has been used successfully in electronics system designs for decades: its strengths and weaknesses are very well understood. But what if the pot were able to be ...

This new whitepaper, by Hoffman + Krippner Inc, introduces the advantages and disadvantages of the membrane potentiometer’s special design, and also outlines its possible applications including ...

The newer a piece of farm equipment, the more likely some aspect of it needs to be calibrated, and sometimes re-calibrated, for it to work correctly. In case. you’ve ever wondered, here’s what ...

If you’ve ever had ghostly inputs into your control stick cause you to fail to catch a rare bug, miss a precision jump, or fall off the edge of a cliff into a bottomless void, you might be a victim of ...

Vineet Washington is a Tech/ Commerce Writer from Canada. He is a professional writer who is passionate about gaming and technology. With over 7 years of experience in content creation, 3 of which ...

In many system applications, it becomes necessary to adjust a switched-mode power supply (SMPS) output voltage within narrow limits in order to remove tolerances and drops in the power path, verify ...

A circuit used to control the level of a video signal should have a 3-dB cutoff frequency of greater than 5 MHz for a television application or 100 MHz for a monitor application. CMOS-based digital ...