Originally Posted by
Leo Bodnar
Did you mean 10 kOhms? 10 Ohms is a bit low...
You need three wires to connect the pot. It is important that wiper is identified and connected to axis input.
The other two wires are +5V and GND but they can be swapped with only effect being axis reversal.
Andy gave a great advice!
Also, typically you'd have one pin on one end and a pair on the other. Input is one of this pair.
The other way to id pins is to put the slider in the middle position. Measure resistance of possible pin pair combinations. The highest one would be between GND and +5V ( ~10kOhms) so the left over is wiper. Wiper will measure about 50% (~5kOhms) to each GND and +5V.
Does this make sense?
Cheers
Leo