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Originally Posted by Al Skierkiewicz
Dark,
You are using the pot incorrectly. Please see the OI Reference Guide on the IFi website. You do not use all three terminals of a pot. The wires you have connected cause the 5 volt supply in the OI to be placed across a very small resistance in the pot (depending on the shaft position). Solving for Ohm's law for power P=V^2 / R=5*5/10=2.5 watts or even greater. I bet you have a 1/4 watt pot. The pots in the joysticks are wired in series with the joystick input. The OI then derives a voltage from the voltage division of the pot and an internal resistor.
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Al,
I'm pretty sure he's connecting the potentiometer to the RC (he mentioned 10kohms, PWM cables, RC), yielding that his
topology is correct but some wires are swapped!