[simpits-tech] 360' potentiometer?

[Thomas Nepveu]

that is exactly what simkits does to have a complete 360 degree sensor.

If you look at their assembly manual (take the VOR1 for example) you will
see that there a pot on each size of the PCB

Regards
Thomas
----- Original Message -----
From: "Marv De Beque" <mdebeque@woh.rr.com>
To: <simpits-tech@simpits.org>
Sent: Monday, March 03, 2003 11:55 PM
Subject: Re: [simpits-tech] 360' potentiometer?


> Interesting device, but it is only 340 degrees (+/- 10 degrees) rotation
> electrically.
>
> Mechanically it can rotate endlessly, but will have a 20 degree dead spot
> each revolution.
>
> Maybe you can use two of them and offset them.  A micro could interpolate
> the actual rotation.
>
> Marv
>
> On 3/3/03 2:28 PM, "Thomas Nepveu" <tnepveu@nordnet.fr> wrote:
>
> > 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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