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Unread 07-02-2010, 10:37
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Re: Potentiometer issues

Nathan,
If you wire the pot so that one outside terminal is connected to five volts and the other outside terminal is connected to zero volts, then the wiper will vary between almost 5 volts and zero volts as the pot moves through it's rotation.
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