[simpits-tech] 360' potentiometer?

[Marv De Beque]

Since it is a pot, I would worry about wear and noise (spiking).


On 3/4/03 4:13 AM, "Roy Coates" <roy@flightlab.liv.ac.uk> wrote:

> On Mon, 3 Mar 2003, Marv De Beque wrote:
> 
>> 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.
> 
> That is exactly how simkits do it.
> 
> R.
> 
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