<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Nov 25, 2012 at 6:07 PM, geneb <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:geneb@deltasoft.com" target="_blank">geneb@deltasoft.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div class="im">On Sun, 25 Nov 2012, Cris Harrison wrote:<br>
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> dont know if that is the case... the pot normally has three (3) leads on<br>
> it.<br>
> 1. lets call it the top should go to vcc (power)<br>
> 2. lets call it the bottom should go to ground.<br>
> 3. the middle or the slider<br>
> so first test the pot out of circuit.<br>
> measure ohms between 1 & 2 should be about 10k+/- % (tolerance) (if its a<br>
> 10k pot) to find the tolerance check with the manufacture normal tolerances<br>
> are 1, 5, 10%<br>
<br>
</div>Chris, I'm not using pots at all. :)<br></blockquote><div>oh man (open mouth and insert foot :)) </div><div>but I still use the AB type J pots.. very low noise (never a problem)</div><div>But this old dog CAN learn new tricks!! </div>
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I'm using hand-built, highly sensitive hall effect input sensors.<br>
<br>
See my blog post: <a href="http://www.simpits.org/geneb/?p=299" target="_blank">http://www.simpits.org/geneb/?p=299</a> if you want to make<br>
a set for yourself.<br>
<br>
The second generation of this design was implemented by a fellow on SimHQ.<br>
He's done an _excellent_ job of extending the original concept:<br>
<a href="http://simhq.com/forum/ubbthreads.php/topics/3674791/DIY_Sealed_Minature_Hall_Pots_.html#Post3674791" target="_blank">http://simhq.com/forum/ubbthreads.php/topics/3674791/DIY_Sealed_Minature_Hall_Pots_.html#Post3674791</a><br>
<br>
These things are wickedly accurate, never wear out and have zero noise<br>
issues.<br>
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g.<br>
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