Thread: Draw / Cable / String potentiometer
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Draw / Cable / String potentiometer
We're looking for a draw / cable / string potentiometer for our hi-lo.

Our biggest reliability issue during our Grand Blanc competition was that the potentiometer would inevitably miss an occational count or skip a tooth when we accelerated the hi-lo up and down at full speed.

I understand a number of teams have found inexpensive string pots that extend up to 50".

Does anyone have a supplier or product line in mind that we could get in a hurry? I dug through digikey, but couldn't find anything in their labyrinth of sensors.