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Digital potentiometers are electronic devices or integrated circuits that offer manageable resistance, precisely like a machine like a rheostat or a Potentiometer. However, they are managed by microelectronic signals instead of any mechanical response.
The amount of electrical power degenerated in the resistance is relatively less, in the capability to be electronically managed enables self-propelledness, distant controlling the level of the waveform analog routes and shrinking wherever automatic Potentiometer may then be used.
We now understand the fundamentals of resistors and how they operate. A potentiometer is a variable resistor that changes resistance, current, and voltage via a circuit to get a specific output. You may have all seen a potentiometer in your physics lab. A potentiometer is just a variable resistor, also known as a rheostat. It is made up of a metal coil wound on a cylindrical platform with a sliding contact that is used to regulate the resistance of a circuit.
The major two types of potentiometers are discussed below in detail:
Linear Potentiometer - One kind of position sensor is a linear potentiometer. They are employed to gauge movement along a single axis, either left and right or up and down. Rod actuation and connection to an internal slider or wiper carrier are common features of linear potentiometers. There are various application that are operated by Linear Potentiometer, that include:
Rotary Potentiometer - A three-terminal device called a rotary potentiometer (Pot) uses a resistive element and a rotating contact to provide a variable voltage divider. It functions as a variable resistor or rheostat if only the adjustable contact and one end of the element are utilised as terminals.
Major application areas of the Potentiometer are given below: