Comment on Can someone help me identify this potentiometer from a third party Xbox controller?

• agent_flounder@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ 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.

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