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Re: Potentiometer issues

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Originally Posted by Qbot2640 View Post
For educational purposes - Why is a larger value potentiometer value synonymous with additional noise?
It's a matter of source impedance. The higher the resistance, the less able it is to overpower any noise being induced on the signal.
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