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Re: How can I get an angle from a potentiometer?

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Originally Posted by Tom Line View Post
Also be careful of the potentiometer you purchase. 10k resistive ones work well, but you really want to make sure you purchase a linear pot and not an audio pot. Pots for audio are not even close to linear....
That's because they are logarithmic
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potentiometer#Resistance.E2.80.93position_relation ship:_.22taper.22
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