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Flotilla - Dial
The Dial module is... a dial! It has a rotary potentiometer and five bright white LEDs that illuminate as the dial is turned. It'...
The Dial module is... a dial! It has a rotary potentiometer and five bright white LEDs that illuminate as the dial is turned.
It's perfect for using as a simple game controller for games like pong, or with Rainbow to control the colour or brightness of its RGB LEDs.
Features
- Rotary potentiometer
- Five birght white LEDs
- Micro USB connector
Find Flotilla Cookbook recipes that use the Dial module at http://learn.flotil.la/cookbook/ or use Dial with Rockpool at http://flotil.la/rockpool/
Or use our Python Flotilla API to control the Dial module.
Note: Flotilla modules require a Dock and Flotilla ropes (USB micro B to micro B cables)
Jargon buster
Plain-language definitions for the technical terms used above.
- potentiometer
- A variable resistor usually turned with a knob or shaft to create an adjustable electrical signal. It is often used for inputs such as volume, brightness or position, so it helps beginners learn how a microcontroller reads changing values.
- RGB
- Short for red, green and blue, usually referring to an LED that can mix those three colours. It matters because controlling an RGB LED teaches how separate outputs combine to create different colours.
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