Potentiometers & Knobs
Shop potentiometers, trimpots, rotary encoders, slide pots, and knobs for your electronics projects. From simple volume controls to precision multi-turn trimpots and I2C digital potentiometers, we stock a wide range for hobbyists, STEM educators, and professional designers alike.
Whether you're building a custom controller, tuning a circuit, or adding user input to a maker project, you'll find the right component here — with fast shipping across Australia.
2-Axis Joystick
SKU: AF-245 | Brand: Adafruit
The 2-Axis Joystick provides analogue input for your projects using two independent 10K potentiometers — one per axis. It reports position as either voltage or resistance, making it compatible with a wide range of mic...
Delivered by Fri 24 Jul
Potentiometer - Thumbwheel Type, 25kΩ - SparkFun Electronics
SKU: SF-COM-28384 | Brand: SparkFun
A compact thumbwheel potentiometer for adding analog control to your projects. The ergonomic wheel design allows for easy adjustment with one finger, making it perfect for volume controls, parameter adjustment, and us...
Delivered by Wed 5 Aug
Sensor Trimpot ELECFREAKS PlanetX
SKU: EF-EF05018 | Brand: ElecFreaks
An analogue trimpot (trimmer potentiometer) sensor module from the ELECFREAKS PlanetX series, designed for use with micro:bit via RJ11 connection. The potentiometer provides stepless rotation over a 0°–300° range, out...
Delivered by Fri 24 Jul
Motorized Slide Potentiometer - 10KΩ Linear with 5V DC Motor
SKU: AF-5466 | Brand: Adafruit
A 10KΩ linear slide potentiometer with a built-in geared DC motor underneath the slider. The motor can move the wiper up and down programmatically, while the slider also moves freely by hand when the motor is unpowere...
Delivered by Tue 18 Aug
Thumb Joystick - Deluxe
SKU: SF-COM-16273 | Brand: SparkFun
A 16 mm deluxe thumb joystick similar to the analogue sticks found in PlayStation controllers. Two 10K potentiometers provide analogue position data for the full range of motion on both axes, and a built-in select but...
Delivered by Wed 5 Aug
Slide Potentiometer with Knob - 75mm Long - 10KΩ
SKU: AF-4219 | Brand: Adafruit
This 75mm slide potentiometer is a linear 10KΩ pot with a smooth, satisfying action and an included grippy plastic knob with a white position marker. Use it as a voltage divider, input control, or anywhere you need a ...
Delivered by Fri 24 Jul
Rotary Potentiometer - 100k Ohm, Linear (Panel Mount)
SKU: SF-COM-14622 | Brand: SparkFun
An adjustable potentiometer can open up many interesting user interfaces. With this rotary potentiometer just turn the dial and the resistance changes. This potentiometer has a ¼" metal knurled shaft diameter, solder ...
Delivered by Wed 5 Aug
SparkFun Thumb Joystick Breakout
SKU: SF-BOB-09110 | Brand: SparkFun
This is the breakout board for the thumb joystick. Pins are broken out to a 0.1" header and includes 4 mounting holes in the corners.
Delivered by Fri 24 Jul
SoftPot Membrane Potentiometer - 500mm
SKU: SF-SEN-08681 | Brand: SparkFun
These are very thin variable potentiometers. By pressing down on various parts of the strip, the resistance linearly changes from 100Ohms to 10,000Ohms allowing the user to very accurately calculate the relative po...
Delivered by Wed 5 Aug
Linear SoftPot (Ribbon Sensor) [100mm]
SKU: AF-178 | Brand: Adafruit
A 100 mm linear soft potentiometer (ribbon sensor) manufactured by Spectra Symbol. This pressure-sensitive ribbon controller features an adhesive backing for easy mounting and provides a variable resistance output bas...
Delivered by Tue 18 Aug
PSP 2-Axis Analog Thumb Joystick
SKU: AF-444 | Brand: Adafruit
Add a tiny joystick to your project with this PSP thumbstick. This is a replacement component for PSP1000's, but we think they'd make for a great little joystick/thumbstick add-on for a wearable, or portable pro...
Delivered by Fri 24 Jul
Panel Mount 10K Log Potentiometer (Breadboard Friendly) [10K Log]
SKU: AF-3391 | Brand: Adafruit
This potentiometer is a two-in-one, good in a breadboard or with a panel. It's a log taper 10K ohm potentiometer, with a grippy shaft. It's smooth and easy to turn, but not so loose that it will shift on its own...
Delivered by Tue 18 Aug
Panel Mount 10K Dual Log Potentiometer w/ On-Off Switch [10K Dual Log w Switch]
SKU: AF-3482 | Brand: Adafruit
This Panel Mount 10K Dual Logarithmic Potentiometer w/ On-Off Switch is a two-in-one; you get a dual-ganged potentiometer and an on-off switch. For the potentiometer-half, you've got a dual standard log-t...
Delivered by Fri 24 Jul
Conductive Plastic Slide Potentiometer Nubbin
SKU: AF-5741 | Brand: Adafruit
A replacement slide knob made from conductive plastic, designed for potentiometers with capacitive touch detection on the slider. The 11 mm wide nubbin fits standard slide potentiometer tracks. The conductive materia...
Delivered by Tue 18 Aug
Small Black T-Bar Hall Effect Fader - 5V
SKU: AF-5460 | Brand: Adafruit
You might recognize this interesting new component from behind-the-scenes studio clips of audio recording equipment or even music videos. A fader is a control device for fading or changing the sound volume, light inte...
Delivered by Tue 18 Aug
Octopus Rotary Encoder Brick OBEncoder
SKU: EF-EF04038 | Brand: ElecFreaks
Octopus Electronic Bricks, you can use them build electronics projects just as easy as piling bricks. By using Octopus electronic bricks, you may connect Arduino/Freaduino compatible boards easily with various digi...
Delivered by Wed 5 Aug
Octopus Linear Slider Potentiometer Brick
SKU: EF-EF04061 | Brand: ElecFreaks
A linear sliding potentiometer module from the ElecFreaks Octopus series. Provides an analogue voltage output proportional to the slider position, making it useful as a variable input for controlling volume, brightnes...
Delivered by Fri 24 Jul
Soft Potentiometer Kit from PlugWear
SKU: AF-2273 | Brand: Adafruit
This soft potentiometer is an interesting way to add an adjustable resistor / slide potentiometer to your wearable. You can use it to adjust the brightness of an LED, or as a sensor input to your Flora or Gemma. When ...
Delivered by Fri 24 Jul
Gravity: Joystick Module V2
SKU: DF-DFR0061 | Brand: DFRobot
The Gravity Joystick Module V2 provides two-axis analogue control (X and Y) plus a digital push-button switch. Connect the two analogue outputs and one digital output to your Arduino or other microcontroller for intui...
Delivered by Fri 24 Jul
Mini Analog Joystick - 10K Potentiometers
SKU: AF-3102 | Brand: Adafruit
A compact analogue joystick with two 10kΩ potentiometers and a spring-return mechanism. Unlike arcade-style joysticks that use clicking switches, this joystick provides smooth, proportional analogue output across a fu...
Delivered by Tue 18 Aug