Potentiometers, rheostats, and trimmers are adjustable resistors used to measure or divide voltages in order to protect or control circuits. The terminology surrounding potentiometers and related ...

Razor-thin, flat membrane potentiometers expand designers’ sensing repertoire. Conventional mechanical potentiometers are the old workhorse of electrical controls and position sensing. However, these ...

This new whitepaper, by Hoffman + Krippner Inc, introduces the advantages and disadvantages of the membrane potentiometer’s special design, and also outlines its possible applications including ...

What are digital potentiometers, and how are they used? Digital potentiometers are integrated circuits that implement a resistive ladder and a digital means of addressing a particular tap on the ...

A resistor is characterized by an always constant resistive value. With the same applied voltage, it will always pass the same amount of current. The potentiometer, on the other hand, is an electronic ...