issa rig to help with rapidly adjusting potentiometers without having to play with a multimeter

Mar 13, 2024 7:58 PM

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Careful with that tiny arc on the input. Maybe include a spring switch to apply power after its made contact with the conductors. Or just have a momentary switch you can hold while adjusting the pot.

1 year ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

True, it's unlikely that I'll make those improvements, but are you stating that the initial arc has the capability to damage the board?

1 year ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

So long as the calibration is good, that's a neat solution.

1 year ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

ty. I usually tear out the potentiometer and add my own pot with a resistor in parallel to get my own desired maximum voltage, but with this device, I can just adjust the pot that's already there to a certain value and then add my own pot in parallel, saving me having to add the resistor. So probably saving a little time in assembly, and no longer having to stock different values of resistors

1 year ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

If I understand what's going on here, and I assure you I likely do not, that seems like it would save a lot of tedious fiddling around. Cool gizmo!

1 year ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

lol sry

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