{"id":455,"date":"2021-02-23T09:38:52","date_gmt":"2021-02-23T08:38:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alders.p3group.de\/fachwissen\/drehpotentiometer\/"},"modified":"2021-02-24T10:25:21","modified_gmt":"2021-02-24T09:25:21","slug":"rotary-potentiometer","status":"publish","type":"glossary","link":"https:\/\/alders.p3group.de\/en\/glossar\/rotary-potentiometer\/","title":{"rendered":"Rotary potentiometer"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row&#8221; el_class=&#8221;section-grauverlauf&#8221;][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">Rotary potentiometer<\/h1>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text]A rotary potentiometer is an adjustable electrical resistor that can be moved by means of a rotary motion. This allows control processes to be implemented in various electrical or electronic systems, for example for volume control in multimedia devices.<\/p>\n<p>A\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/alders.p3group.de\/en\/products\/potentiometer\/\">rotary potentiometer<\/a>\u00a0consists of three contacts, a carrier, and a circular resistor material. The two outer contacts are fixed and both are connected to the resistor. The third contact is movable and is known as a slider. In conventional designs, this can be rotated by up to 300 degrees via a rotary axis. By shifting the slider, the integrated resistance becomes either larger or smaller. This is how, for example, the voltages in a circuit can be variably controlled or exotic resistances can be generated.<\/p>\n<p>With rotary potentiometers, a distinction is made between linear and logarithmic variants: a linear rotary potentiometer changes the resistance used analogously to the set angle of rotation. 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