linear rotary pot
linear rotary pot Posted on: 06.09.2011 by Madge Humrich http://www.futurlec.com/Potentiometers/POT10K.shtmliv always been under the impression that a linear pot was a fader?? so im sorry bout this but... this has put me back to square one! could anyone tell me this is a mistake or... thanks =[ | |
| Madge Humrich 06.09.2011 | http://www.futurlec.com/Potentiometers/POT10K.shtml iv always been under the impression that a linear pot was a fader?? so im sorry bout this but... this has put me back to square one! could anyone tell me this is a mistake or... thanks =[ |
| Abram Marquez 08.09.2011 | Cool. Always looking forward to good build logs |
| Madge Humrich 08.09.2011 | ah that makes more sense now! ok thanks =] il eventually put out a build log when i get the casing sorted ;] |
| Abram Marquez 07.09.2011 | tbh, I don't no much about gamepad mods. I'd recomment browsing through the Threads of Interest there are some gamepad based build logs you should check out. I would go with the linear pots as they give you nice proportional values. Logaritmic pots have their uses but it would give me some kind of a weird feeling to have unproportional values because if your physical knob is at say 12 o'clock your corresponding knob in the software of your choice won't be at 12 o'clock/50%. |
| Madge Humrich 07.09.2011 | ok so the plan essentially is to turn...a gamepad into a basic controller. ive bought 12 arcade buttons, and (from what i understand) i can use 2 linear rotary pots, and 2 linear faders? that would get the job done? but the wiki also says about the log, so uh... wow. is log a better choice? thanks again |
| Madge Humrich 07.09.2011 | thanks =] appreciated gonna have a quick read up in that page now |
| Jan Manzoni 07.09.2011 | I believe you are confusing linear pots with slide pots/faders |
| Abram Marquez 07.09.2011 | Both rotary potentiometers and faders can be linear or logarithmic. Linear pots give you proportional values (the distance between the values stays the same). With a logarithmic pot you get values of a logarithmic function (the distance between the values varies). This should make it clear (I hope): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potenti..._potentiometer But the usage of the term "linear" seems to be a little inconsistent as some faders on one of the pictures are titled as "Linear potentiometers". This can be a little confusing I guess |
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