Potentiometers operated by a mechanism can be used as position transducers, for example, in a joystick.
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Preset potentiometers are widely used throughout electronics wherever adjustments must be made during manufacturing or servicing.
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The widespread use of potentiometers in consumer electronics declined in the 1990s, with rotary encoders, up/down push-buttons, and other digital controls now more common.
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Multiturn potentiometers are also operated by rotating a shaft, but by several turns rather than less than a full turn.
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They are usually called preset potentiometers or trimming pots.
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Potentiometers which are seldom adjusted, especially in dirty or harsh environments, are most likely to develop this problem.
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When television sets were first introduced, the controls were potentiometers made out of wax.
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The 2 sticks each used a pair of potentiometers, but were not self-centering.
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User-actuated potentiometers are widely used as user controls, and may control a very wide variety of equipment functions.
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Most (cheaper) log potentiometers are not accurately logarithmic, but use two regions of different resistance (but constant resistivity) to approximate a logarithmic law.
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By tuning the potentiometers, a short repetitive rhythmic motif or riff can be set up.
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The mechanical type requires debouncing and is typically used as digital potentiometers on equipment including consumer devices.
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The controls are analog switches and potentiometers but do not adjust the synth cards directly.
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Common control components used include potentiometers, variable capacitors, and rotary switches.
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Simple servomotors may use resistive potentiometers as their position encoder.
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