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The potentiometer is a position tranducer. It forms a resistance divider, proportional to position.

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What type of system does potentiometer belong to?

Variable resistance.


What type of signal does a potentiometer produce?

A: Potentiometer does not produce any signal it is merely a variable resistor whereby any signal impressed on it can be variably taken out of the wiper as a linear function or logarithms function depending on the requirement of the design


What type of speed control system uses a wire -wound potentiometer?

A potentiometer is another name for a variable resister used for voltage dividing. Potentiometers have three tabs on them The two outer most tabs have the full resistance of the device across them. The center tab is connected to the wiper that slides across the surface of the resister. A voltage is applied to the two outside tabs on the potentiometer. A voltage of your choosing will appear across either the left tab to the center wiper tab or from the right tab and the center wiper tab. A potentiometer of this type is used to control the speed output of variable frequency drives. A 10K potentiometer has 10VDC applied across the two outside tabs If the drive sees the full 10 volts it allows the drive to go to full output and the motor will run at full speed. With the potentiometer's center tab wiper at half position a voltage of 5 VDC will appear to the drive. When the drive sees the 5 volts it tells the drive to go to half speed output and the motor will run at half speed. This potentiometer is linear so no matter where the wiper is positioned, the motor speed will follow the potentiometer settings from 1% right up to 100%


What is resolution of potentiometer?

resolution of petentiometer


Is potentiometer and Thermistor are variable resistors. How please explain?

A: A potentiometer is a manual device to change the resistance A thermistor changes as a function of environment temperature

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What type of system does potentiometer belong to?

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When would you prefer rheostat over potentiometer?

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What does a potentiometer do?

A potentiometer varies the amount of current through an electrical or electronic circuit. EX: the volume control on your radio is a potentiometer. In today's electronic circuitry, digital circuits that change resistance do the same job as the rotary type control do. They tend to be more accurate.


What are uses of potentiometer?

A potentiometer is a variable resistor used in electronics.


What is The appropriate EST for performing a resistance test on a potentiometer-type TPS isolated from its circuit?

DMM


What is type of tranducer?

A transducer is any device that either converts an external signal to an equivalent electronic signal or converts an electronic signal to an equivalent external signal.


Define potentiometer?

A dual potentiometer is nothing but a potentiometer which has TWO channels.. Like two INs and two OUTs on the same unit.


Define dual potentiometer?

A dual potentiometer is nothing but a potentiometer which has TWO channels.. Like two INs and two OUTs on the same unit.


What is electromechanical device?

It is a machine or device that been run or tranducer by electronics


Why potentiometer is called passive transducer?

because potentiometer generate a own current


What type of signal does a potentiometer produce?

A: Potentiometer does not produce any signal it is merely a variable resistor whereby any signal impressed on it can be variably taken out of the wiper as a linear function or logarithms function depending on the requirement of the design