Comment on Can someone help me identify this potentiometer from a third party Xbox controller?
agent_flounder@lemmy.world 11 months ago
How many pins does it have in the circuit board?
Someone said it might be an encoder but I see “103” on it which is used on potentiometers to indicate 10k ohm (10 x 10^3)
pepsison52895@lemmy.one 11 months ago
It has 3 pins.
agent_flounder@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Linear checks out for this kind of application.
Potentiometers are pretty basic things. About the only thing I can think of that would be specified electrically is value (10k), wattage rating (but I doubt much current is sent through these in this application), linear/logarithmic taper, tolerance (often 5%, or 10%) and maybe the type of contact/track or something (probably doesn’t matter).
Those numbers could be manufactured date or lot codes or similar.
How does the thumb “wheel” attach? Or is it built in? I can’t tell from the single pic.
Other things to consider are the pin spacing and physical dimensions.