[Lee] wrote in to share the work he’s done in building a controller for his soldering iron. The idea started when he was working with an ATX power supply. He figured if it works as a makeshift bench ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Call it synchronicity, or manually setting a 16-bit number in an Arduino, or how to turn an OLED into a rotary dial... What am I talking about? Well, I was just compiling the blogs pages for the next ...

Designed for operation in harsh environments where long life and reliability are critical, the 6209 Series of aerospace quality potentiometers features materials and epoxies that can operate ...

I have a Volcano 7 variable speed fan on my Duron 1.2Ghz machine. The fan speed is controlled by a temp. sensor between a 'low' and 'high' speed. The problem is, the crossover point for the two speeds ...