How Potentiometer Works - Unravel the Mysteries of How potentiometers Work!
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@aaabb4432 3 місяці тому
I have no background in electrical engineering, but I have potentiometers installed in my home in place of classical light switches to control the brightness of room lightbulbs. I had no clue how do those actually work, always thought it was something incredibly complicated, but after this video I can fully understand the principle. Most likely I won't apply that knowledge anywhere, but it's very nice that someone has finally clarified this to me. Also, had no clue that those sliders on audio desks are just potentiometers, so thank you for that. Great video!
@shivambajpayee5801 3 місяці тому
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@user-zi4wu1im8q Місяць тому
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@USA__2023 18 днів тому
Light dimmers are way more that a POT, the POT controls electronics inside the dimmer. Audio volume, yes.
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@benshoof3846 3 місяці тому
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This needs a description of how some potentiometers go to 11. 🤘
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@aqua_coder 3 місяці тому
3:42 Correct me if I am wrong, but isn't the Resistance A type an exponential type instead of an logarithmic one? Exponentials are the inverse of logarithms.
@barcodenosebleed5485 20 днів тому
Well that was an interesting rabbit hole to go down and now my brain hurts. Why do we call them logarithmic when they graph as exponential? Is it just the fact that they're used for audio and loudness is described logarithmicly? As-in we just ended up with this misnomer due to that tradition? Or, more generally speaking, while being graphed exponentially, is it infact aptly named but just from the perspective of the equivalent logarithm because that perspective is more important electrically? And then, is an inverse/anti log pot actually the one that's logarithmic? Or is it still exponential and just rotated 180°? I'm not even sure that question makes sense... Another thing to think about: consider a slider pot where directionality isn't an issue as you can make either end "up". There's a reason there are still log and inverse log versions...you couldn't just wire them backwards. The types differ in whether you have the "fine adjustment" (slow change) portion of the curve near the high resistance area of the pot or the low resistance area. And then practically, it appears these types of pots are more or less actually two linear pots with different "resistance per degree" characteristics stuck end-to-end and are thus only an approximation of said mathematical functions.
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@PCBWay 3 місяці тому
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@BrentJosephSpink 3 місяці тому
Love it! I use a giant rheostat to test circuit breakers. Single-phase 480vac in, 5-15vac out with large amounts of variable current for breaker testing.
@EngineeringMindset 3 місяці тому
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@BrentJosephSpink 3 місяці тому
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@saswattulo 3 місяці тому
Nicely explained.
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@stoner.07 3 місяці тому
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@EngineeringMindset 3 місяці тому
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@goodun2974 Місяць тому
Two potentiometer variants not discussed here are L-pads, and tapped potentiometers. L-pads use a pair of intentionally mismatched, differing resistance-tapered elements (usually wirewound) in order to maintain a relatively constant impedance or resistance to the driver circuit/device regardless of the setting of the L-pad; These are often used as remote volume controls for speakers in other rooms, or as level-setting devices for tweeters or mid ranges, because the power loss (due to a non-optimal impedance loading to the amplifier) is somewhat minimized, and they won't change the frequency response of a speaker crossover as the added series resistance of an ordinary potentiometer would. Tapped potentiometers are sometimes used as audio amplifier volume controls in order to privide a constant, continuous, fixed-amount feedback signal for lowering distortion or to actuate bass/treble/variable-"loudness" circuits where the amount of bass is increased at low listening levels and automatically decreases as you turn up the volume , to prevent stressing the speakers.
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@davidheal4623 3 місяці тому
There are a couple of small pots in one of my electronic control panels that can only be accessed with a jeweler's screwdriver. The pots have no physical stop on their rotational movement. I have been told to rotate the pot until I am sure it is past its upper/lower limit and then start slowly rotating it back for desired effect. How are such "no physical stop" pots made?? BTW, your videos are terrific!
@guspolly 3 місяці тому
In the radio and TV biz, audio faders are often called “pots”, which is short for potentiometer.
@John-ed2wj 3 місяці тому
They are referred to as pots in every electronic industry
@pushkar5382 3 місяці тому
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@garyhenthorne29461 3 місяці тому
I noticed from your posting an important fact you may review. This involves the variable to not go to zero. Say you have a 10k variable resistor and you only want it to go down to for instance 1k: The 10k is across pins one and three, the 1k would be from the vary pin to either pin one or three depending on the way of rotation needed. This causes the pins one and three to vary.
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@jdgower1 3 місяці тому
In the RBG LED driver circuit at the end, what good is it to hook the black trace to the 3rd leg of each pot instead of just channeling the negative voltage through the RBG LED common leg? That seems to me to just create an unnecessary 333.333 ohm parallel resistor that isn't needed for driving the LED and is an extra drain on the battery ( about 27 mA) even when all pots are turned to their lowest (highest resistance) setting.
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@JonakT 3 місяці тому
Reading topic in textbook was dreadful... So I skipped it 😅... Now that I watch this video not knowing this rotating thing is a potentiometer, I am amazed by knowing how simple it is, sir you are the best teacher...
@89DrFunk 3 місяці тому
Is it possible you can do a video on TRIAC please? Thanks you for this awesome channel.
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Where have I seen them? In my milling machine in which the potentiometer just broke (it controls the spindle speed). So here I am learning all about them so I can repair it. :)
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Can you do a video about 1:1 ratio gas valves? They are also called governor valves, or constant ratio valves
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@andresgarciaalves 3 місяці тому
Awesome video 😊
@EngineeringMindset 3 місяці тому
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@EverythingisFire 3 місяці тому
I ordered 2 guitar pots that were the wrong size that I'm stuck with. I'll have to find some sort of useful project for them, haha.
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I work on crown forklifts at an automated grocery distribution center that also uses 480V cranes and conveyor systems.
@bororobo3805 3 місяці тому
Can you make a video on ADCs please. Thanks
@riversarcadereview385 3 місяці тому
Is it possible to have two different potentiometers on either parallel circuits or to use a standard switch to bypass the potentiometer to allow full current to access the device.
@itsmepk2163 3 місяці тому
In multiturn trimmer potentiometer, once we turned it into the maximum position it will give us a clicking sound. Why was it happen? Will it cause anything to potentiometer or is there any safety mechanism for prevention of screw rotation?
@jawadBOOM 3 місяці тому
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@muhammadalikashifkhan5556 3 місяці тому
I called it perfect video for potentiometer
@MrAranton 3 місяці тому
I made an electical experiment with an eight year old that involved making a potentiometer by layering a pencil‘s graphite onto paper. Her mind was blown when she saw that sliding the contact across the pencil line allowed to change the brightness of an LED.
@rufatabbasov 3 місяці тому
Thank you very much! Now I understand how RPM of a DC motor is increased or decreased via potentiometers. One question: Does resistance inside a potentiometer decreases current flow too or only voltage? Because in the animation thickness of green flow was not changing when resistance increased.
@EngineeringMindset 3 місяці тому
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@laurentiupopescu9491 3 місяці тому
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@EngineeringMindset 3 місяці тому
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@karanpanchal5867 2 місяці тому
Can you plz make a video on op amp
@popeyebob9007 2 місяці тому
I have a 10K rotary potentiometer in a 5 amp model railway controller. My question is. Can I replace the 10K pot with say a 20 or 50K to get better performance ie faster model railway engine speeds?
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