Little Bird / Component atlas / 001

Inside a potentiometer.

A small turn. A changing voltage. Explore the mechanism that connects them.

CRACK THE CODE SHIELDRotary input · A5
270° travel · Three terminals
PotentiometerCOMPONENT EXPLORER
Live section
LIVE OUTPUT
2.00VOLTS
409ADC / 1023
Wiper load = track resistance
Middle-pin current40%
Relative to maximum load current
Conventional current + → −Motion enlarged
GNDOUT+5 V
DRAG TO ORBIT  ·  SCROLL OR PINCH TO ZOOM
Current direction convention