A resistor is characterized by an always constant resistive value. With the same applied voltage, it will always pass the same amount of current. The potentiometer, on the other hand, is an electronic ...

If you need a potentiometer for a project, chances are pretty good that you’re not going to pick up a pencil and draw one. Then again, if you’re teaching someone how a variable resistor works, that ...

Adjusting the volume dial on a sound system, sensing your finger position on a touch screen, and knowing when someone’s in the car are just a few examples of where you encounter variable resistors in ...

Analog variable frequency filters require the use of variable passive components. The higher the slope of the filter, the greater the number of needed variable passive components. These elements are ...

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 AD5206 is a digitally controlled, 8-bit, six-channel variable potentiometer. Like a mechanical potentiometer, trimmer, or variable resistor, this 256-position device offers a programmable ...

TT Electronics has aded four new product families to its variable resistor portfolio. These include three new encoder lines and a new line of single turn potentiometers. These products are suitable ...