linear slider pots to use with phidgets 8/8/8/
hi fellow simmers,
can any one give me any ideas on which type of linear slide pots to interface to the phidgets 8/8/8/ card?
ive had a look around and need pots with 100mm of travel for my throttles,the alps ones look good but im a little confused on all the jargon and what it means,what does 100k mean,also the power the pot puts through to the board must be 0 to 5vdc,ect,(i think that supplied by the phidget board,)
i can just buy the pots from active robots but i will need some method of reducing the distance the pot move,as the real throttles move a fair way and a 60mm pot is not big enough,
any help gratefully received,
cheers boys,
steve diamond
Re: linear slider pots to use with phidgets 8/8/8/
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Originally Posted by steve diamond
hi fellow simmers,
can any one give me any ideas on which type of linear slide pots to interface to the phidgets 8/8/8/ card?
ive had a look around and need pots with 100mm of travel for my throttles,the alps ones look good but im a little confused on all the jargon and what it means,what does 100k mean,also the power the pot puts through to the board must be 0 to 5vdc,ect,(i think that supplied by the phidget board,)
i can just buy the pots from active robots but i will need some method of reducing the distance the pot move,as the real throttles move a fair way and a 60mm pot is not big enough,
any help gratefully received,
cheers boys,
steve diamond
Steve
The 100K refers to the resistance of the pot in ohms. The "throw" of the pot will be the distance the arm will travel from one end to another. It's important to use a linear pot. That way the equal amount of resistance is throughout. This way the throttle travel would be consistent from flight idle to full open. Pot that work for audio may not be linear and should be checked carefully.
The value of the pot may be more in reference to the interface it will be used with.
With FS2Phidgets software you can control the length of the pot stroke within the parameters. This way designing a lever arm to transfer movement of the throttles to the pot.
I hope this information is useful to you :D