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Unread 14-04-2006, 13:51
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Re: A self-returning linear pot?

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Originally Posted by Billfred
I've been tinkering with some projects in my head, and while running the board at WUSC I figured out how to control one of them: a linear pot. But to make it better for the situation, it'd be awesome to have it return to the center automagically (or at least have a detent in the middle to let the operator know it's centered).

Does any such a device exist (cheaply)?
Bill,
What console are you working on? Lot's of companies make detented pots. Many people don't use them because it requires another pot in series that can calibrate the detent.
Modern digital consoles can have a programmed stop stored in memory that fixes all the problems with much less expense.
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