[simpits-tech] 360' potentiometer?

[Thomas Nepveu]

you can use PIHER 360' endless potentiometer

http://www.piher-nacesa.com/

Regards
Thomas


----- Original Message -----
From: "Roy Coates" <roy@flightlab.liv.ac.uk>
To: "Simpits" <simpits-tech@simpits.org>
Sent: Monday, March 03, 2003 4:22 PM
Subject: [simpits-tech] 360' potentiometer?


>
>
> Bon Jovi my dear simpitting pals... I've a question for you.
>
> By removing the potentiometer and hardware restriction in a regular RC
> servo, you get a rather nice geared motor that'll do 360' but you will
> have no idea WHERE the darned thing is pointing.
>
> Now... ideally you might use a shaft encoder for this but since I already
> have some spare analogue inputs, I wondered if I could rig up a pot of
> some sort to give me a voltage proportional to the motors rotation.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Danke!
>
> Roy.
>
>
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