EPISODE · Apr 5, 2021 · 15 MIN
The Great Search - Rotary Potentiometer
from Adafruit Industries · host Adafruit Industries
Find it on Digit-key: https://www.digikey.com/short/22hmzq3b Last week we took a peek at Rotary Encoders available at Digi-Key. This week we're going to try to find a similar-footprint rotary potentiometer. When would you want a pot vs an encoder? What is a rheostat? What are some nifty options you can get when ordering? What about knobs? We'll go digging for the potentiometer that best fits our project and share some tips as well. ----------------------------------------- LIVE CHAT IS HERE! http://adafru.it/discord Adafruit on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/adafruit Subscribe to Adafruit on YouTube: http://adafru.it/subscribe New tutorials on the Adafruit Learning System: http://learn.adafruit.com/ -----------------------------------------
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Find it on Digit-key: https://www.digikey.com/short/22hmzq3b Last week we took a peek at Rotary Encoders available at Digi-Key. This week we're going to try to find a similar-footprint rotary potentiometer. When would you want a pot vs an encoder? What is a rheostat? What are some nifty options you can get when ordering? What about knobs? We'll go digging for the potentiometer that best fits our project and share some tips as well. ----------------------------------------- LIVE CHAT IS HERE! http://adafru.it/discord Adafruit on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/adafruit Subscribe to Adafruit on YouTube: http://adafru.it/subscribe New tutorials on the Adafruit Learning System: http://learn.adafruit.com/ -----------------------------------------
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