Re: cheap 5K linear pots found!

That seems to be a 1K pot. Try these:

http://www.jameco.com/cfm/viewdesc.cfm?part_num=140513
http://www.jameco.com/cfm/viewdesc.cfm?part_num=140521

-roy-

----- Original Message -----
From: Teaganm <teaganm@yahoo.com>
To: <vectorlist@lists.cc.utexas.edu>
Sent: Saturday, November 20, 1999 6:24 AM
Subject: Re: cheap 5K linear pots found!

> Gregg,
> Jameco has 5K 2W linear pots for ~ $3.00. Check out this link
> http://www.jameco.com/cfm/viewdesc.cfm?part_num=123959 Are we talking
> about the same animal?
>
> Steve
>
> --- Gregg Woodcock <woodcock@fastlane.net> wrote:
> > As most of you probably know, the 5K potentiometers used in the SW/ESB
> > yokes
> > (as well as many driving games' steering wheels and brake pedals and
> > some
> > analog joysticks such as Space Lords) frequently wear out. For those of
> > you
> > who are thinking, "no problem; pots are available everywhere for a buck
> > or
> > so..." GUESS AGAIN!!! What you normally find out in the "real world"
> > are
> > "audio taper" pots which have a logrithmical resistance scale because
> > the
> > human ear hears "funny"; the amplitude/decibels to perceived volume
> > relationship is not linear.
> >
> > Why does this matter? Well it is very, very, very hard to find
> > reasonably
> > price linear pots since they aren't used for hardly anything. 99.99999%
> > of
> > pots are used in audio applications. The bottom line is that an ATP
> > costs
> > about $1 but a linear pot has always cost over $20 from any place I have
> > ever found. Well I just found an electronic store near me which has
> > them
> > for $10!!! If you need any of them at this price just let me know and
> > if
> > you know of a cheaper place to get them, let us all know that, too.
> >
> >
>
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Received on Sat Nov 20 06:41:34 1999