Potentiometers (Pots) - Electronics Basics 25

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  • Опубликовано: 22 июл 2024
  • What is a Potentiometer? Find out in this episode of Simply Electronics Basics!
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  • @grapple4352
    @grapple4352 5 лет назад +84

    it's so hard to find a video without the mumbo jumbo added in the middle. I just needed to understand the real basics of potentiometers and not the formulas and materials around it. this was a perfect explanation. thankyou.

  • @jacobmartin8332
    @jacobmartin8332 6 лет назад +58

    Thanks so much, I had to watch about 18 other videos before I finally found one that actually was helpful, now I know how this component works. THANK YOU!

  • @cotepj
    @cotepj 7 лет назад +25

    I can't believe how much I've learned watching your videos. Great work. Thank you!

  • @mastersullivan
    @mastersullivan 6 лет назад +9

    I've watched dozens and dozens of videos but yours was so much easier to understand in such a short time. I'm a master instructor in TKD and you certainly have the right method and skills for teaching. Thank you.

  • @johnd2416
    @johnd2416 5 лет назад +6

    Best explanation I found after 8 videos trying to show without describing the internal workings.

  • @PaddyNinja
    @PaddyNinja 5 лет назад +1

    That was very, very well done. I normally need something explained to me several times and once I get it I always remember and have instant recall, but you explained this so well, I got it first time. That is a talent. Thank you. Subscribed and Liked.😊👍

  • @TheSign2020
    @TheSign2020 5 лет назад +1

    Once I understood on my own how it works RUclips started sharing these videos to me. Too late RUclips! But it confirmed my speculations. Thanks for sharing.

  • @DarthCoco
    @DarthCoco 3 года назад +1

    Having found this video helpful and easier to understand than others, I like and subscribed.

  • @extremebeatzlib5429
    @extremebeatzlib5429 5 лет назад +6

    Thanks a lot, this exactly what I was looking for.
    And I can say for free that I have understood most everything surrounding Potentiometer

  • @g-ed0818
    @g-ed0818 4 года назад +1

    Thanks for your videos...
    You are a treasure from RUclips...
    I just fixed my rotary taper potentiometer ..
    From my GT series thanks bro..

  • @Palak-tr2ws
    @Palak-tr2ws 3 года назад +6

    Best explained! This is what I needed exactly. The practical explanation!

  • @BlackKitty73
    @BlackKitty73 4 года назад

    Thank you sooo much. Now I've understand, what a Potentiometer is. No video in my country (Germany) could explain it. Your videos are so great for newbies like me ^-^

  • @matthewbriggs2805
    @matthewbriggs2805 4 года назад +4

    very good way of explaining things. Thanks, you've helped me to understand this much more easily :)

  • @franciscalderbank8623
    @franciscalderbank8623 4 года назад +1

    An Excellent tutorial. Easy to follow and to the point. Thanks

  • @JamilThePimpLol
    @JamilThePimpLol 3 года назад

    Great video. Just found your channel I wish you would post more often you really have a way with teaching

  • @tomasferenc9800
    @tomasferenc9800 2 года назад

    Best video about potentiometers out there thanks.

  • @yixiaozhang4674
    @yixiaozhang4674 4 года назад +1

    Thank you! Your video is truly helpful.

  • @rmhutchins7
    @rmhutchins7 5 лет назад +1

    I enjoyed your video. It was very helpful. Thank you!

  • @ghostfifth
    @ghostfifth 5 лет назад +3

    Can I use it for an led setup. I'm adding lights to a tiny brass lantern I found.

  • @dorismorlet7924
    @dorismorlet7924 3 года назад

    Great information...the drawing really helped!

  • @Mehtibbers
    @Mehtibbers 4 года назад

    Thank YOUUUUUUU !!!!!!
    At 3:03 i facepalmed (the aha moment ) and understood the whole thing logically, more material more resistance the wiper is the output easy now i'm dumbfounded why other vids fail to convey this message... For somebody who has no basic idea or wrong way of thinking about electronics/wiring it seems so complicated.
    Thank you again for this great explanation!

  • @paulinchenbienchen4510
    @paulinchenbienchen4510 5 лет назад +3

    I am not even good at English but I understood it. Great work ^^

  • @jonathonmatzke8463
    @jonathonmatzke8463 3 года назад

    Excellent explantation! Thank you for the info

  • @solidkreate5007
    @solidkreate5007 4 года назад +1

    Wow a mystery made simple, thank you.

  • @RecycleBin0
    @RecycleBin0 5 лет назад +3

    some pots are motorised like on a mixing desk. sliders and dials can move on their own

  • @jeffmee763
    @jeffmee763 7 лет назад

    Hi I have a faulty B30k potentiometer will a 25k or 50k work on a mobility scooter speed control thanks Jeff uk

  • @ashishtayade047
    @ashishtayade047 7 месяцев назад

    Thank you sir very nice gide & very nice best information potentiometers teaching video.👍

  • @mohammadibrahim4502
    @mohammadibrahim4502 2 года назад

    I love your channel man

  • @staLkerhu
    @staLkerhu 3 года назад

    Hello there! Could you please give an advice how to scale a potentiometer for volume control? How big resistance should I choose? I saw a lot of different examples from 50Kohm to 500Kohm and I did not recognize any pattern or rule in the builds that I can use with common sense.

  • @mohammedabrarahmed3299
    @mohammedabrarahmed3299 3 года назад

    Awesome. Simple and practical 👌

  • @garviere
    @garviere 4 года назад

    Excellent! Simple and clear. I understood everything (he says as he’s about to ask a question which proves he understood nothing!) so is a dimmer light switch in a house or even on your car dash for the instruments a potentiometer is that different?

  • @giulioluzzardi7632
    @giulioluzzardi7632 2 года назад

    Thankyou, I can inderstand what happens when I am using the potentiometers on my electric guitar. Can they be wired together as in series or parallel for any practical use?

  • @AMERICA_CARR
    @AMERICA_CARR 6 лет назад +2

    thank you so much, I subscribed.

  • @boukhenifermohamed9537
    @boukhenifermohamed9537 3 года назад

    i would like to know if the potentionmeter does the same work as rheosta?
    Thanks

  • @sebastiandumitrugavril8912
    @sebastiandumitrugavril8912 5 лет назад

    I have a potentiometer and it labeled like this B10K 270 what is 270 stand for

  • @nirvannaik2086
    @nirvannaik2086 3 года назад

    Good Explaination mate

  • @Rush50101
    @Rush50101 2 года назад

    Great video Thanks I am making a variable resistor to fool the computer of a 2008 Honda Odyssey so that the VCM (variable cylinder management )doesn't engage because it causing the engine to burn alot of oil. When engine reaches operating temperature and there is not a heavy load the VCM turns on which means it turns off some cylinders but it also created a vacuum sucking oil into the cylinders and burning it (big cloud out the tail pipe) I bought a bochen 3296 trim (blue square) and i dont know what pins 1/2/3 are for?? Is it the same as you spoke of in this video?? I going to use a 200 ohm and adjust between 84-120 depending on the season. Will the trim pod potentiometer with stand engine bay temperatures or should i put it inside the cabin?? This will trick the computer in to thinking the engine never reaches operating temperature. Thanks for your help Rush

  • @kodulau3548
    @kodulau3548 3 года назад

    you are the Best. Subbed long time ago ;Like for every video

  • @abu2bakr291
    @abu2bakr291 4 года назад

    great informational video, Thank you

  • @malharjajoo7393
    @malharjajoo7393 4 года назад +1

    well explained. Thank you !

  • @mominsaifuddin143
    @mominsaifuddin143 7 лет назад

    ur doing easy studying electronic nice work ur doing keep it up
    make video on open circuit and short circuit

  • @kristianhansen3453
    @kristianhansen3453 7 лет назад +1

    Great video as always.
    Keep it up

  • @organicvids
    @organicvids Год назад

    How do you determ8ne what ohm pot to use for music volume rca adhustments?

  • @siqihe7806
    @siqihe7806 4 года назад +1

    I love this video! I ran across "potentiometer "doing my homework, this is a great video for understanding the function of it! Not only did you describe the interior, but you also demonstrated the measurement with the multi-meter, thumbs up for you. I'm going to check out more of your videos!

  • @seshachary5580
    @seshachary5580 Год назад

    very educative. Thank you regards

  • @theaussiemanhole2193
    @theaussiemanhole2193 6 лет назад

    I went to your patreon page but there is zero content there?

  • @sunitham9101
    @sunitham9101 2 года назад

    hey do u have a video on how potentiometers are used to measure potential difference in a circuit??

  • @davidchadwick5916
    @davidchadwick5916 5 лет назад

    I have about 300 soft white LED strings wired in opposite polarity strings. The cheap driver/transformer (China) keeps cutting out and over the years the kids have snapped odd wires. I have sorted the strings into runs of 10 x 30 and want to drive them ALL from one power source. I have a model railway Gaugemaster EN60 742 controller with 3 stable outputs:- 2x 0-12v DC rated at 1A 12VA max per track and a single AC supply rated at 16v but no amperage is given on the unit. How can I make ALL the lights work continuously. Obviously the DC supply only makes half the lights work and I'm not sure what value of resistance to use to step down the 16V AC voltage to 2v? for the LED's?. Could I use a variable resistance potentiometer? I'm not a complete novice (O level Physics 1986) butI would like some assistance/advice/input for this project Am I better off with a LED driver???

  • @SilverMiraii
    @SilverMiraii 6 лет назад

    I wanna use one to vary the current by increasing/decreasing resistance in a resistor type heating device.

  • @cwrigh13
    @cwrigh13 4 года назад

    Exactly what I needed.

  • @manovardasrokas6211
    @manovardasrokas6211 2 года назад

    so i have have 24v DC adapter and i want to connect to led lamp(also 24V DC) with potentiometer to adjust brightness of led lamp. what kind potentiometer i have to use? and how to connect to adapter to make it possible?

  • @rawlelowe7021
    @rawlelowe7021 3 года назад

    very interesting to know there is a site like this but I would lie to know and see how to make one using resistance wire and what type and size of wire is it kanthal or nichrome wire to use, can you show or demonstrate please

  • @cometmace
    @cometmace 3 года назад

    Would the demonstration have worked equally well if you have attached the meter to the left and center pins instead of center and right?

  • @Kalcarn
    @Kalcarn 4 года назад

    Great video

  • @brandondean961
    @brandondean961 4 года назад

    Good explanation! Thanks

  • @LORDFARQUAADIUS
    @LORDFARQUAADIUS 4 года назад

    Great explanation!

  • @rahmatrad4599
    @rahmatrad4599 7 лет назад +1

    thank you it is very helpful

  • @westbay5858
    @westbay5858 3 года назад

    My setup calls for a 35K ohm pot. Can I use a higher value such as 40 or 50K. If I do, what will happen?
    Will I prevent signal from leaving amp and damage components in my amp? Thanks.

  • @muhammadrafiqulislamkhan6994
    @muhammadrafiqulislamkhan6994 5 лет назад

    Very useful video. Could u give us practical demonstration with it. Thank you.

  • @ntrhtnowlatre2033
    @ntrhtnowlatre2033 5 лет назад +2

    Well done ✔

  • @romuloveliz1931
    @romuloveliz1931 4 года назад

    excellent video. thank you

  • @onlystudy5733
    @onlystudy5733 5 лет назад

    keep going👍you are the best

  • @disterasd123
    @disterasd123 4 года назад

    why wouldnt the resistance be across the wiper? is the resistance on wiper assumed to be negligible?

  • @marioperera1743
    @marioperera1743 4 года назад

    please can someone tell me what are the possible errors of the potentiometer experiment

  • @beskras9266
    @beskras9266 5 лет назад +1

    nice one well done

  • @douglasamoo-sargon5049
    @douglasamoo-sargon5049 6 лет назад

    awesome video

  • @leeorshimhoni8949
    @leeorshimhoni8949 4 года назад

    explicit and easy to understand.

  • @55_hetpatel74
    @55_hetpatel74 4 года назад

    Nice content

  • @MeekzDigitalz
    @MeekzDigitalz 3 года назад

    thanks a lot i subscribed

  • @afghantech4136
    @afghantech4136 7 лет назад +1

    nice lessons these video are really helpful thanks
    one question what is differents between potentiometers and trimpots

  • @ghost37666
    @ghost37666 6 лет назад +1

    Other uses of potentiometer include fuel gauge in cars, also throttle body sensor, speed gauge and RPM gauge.

  • @michaelcampos535
    @michaelcampos535 5 лет назад

    What a GOOD ass video man thanks

  • @justinchartrand7912
    @justinchartrand7912 6 лет назад

    You draw very well

  • @aadirimal8081
    @aadirimal8081 4 года назад

    What is the difference between a rheostat and a potentiometer? Don't both of them offer variable resistance in a curcuit?

  • @MrDoneboy
    @MrDoneboy 4 года назад +2

    They're called "Trimmer" pots, when they are used in a circuit to make adjustments.

  • @smyffe69
    @smyffe69 5 лет назад

    ive found one of these , thought i could use it to connect to a small motor, can i? to make the motor variable speed?

    • @SimplyElectronicsOfficial
      @SimplyElectronicsOfficial  5 лет назад

      Very inefficient way of varying speed to a motor. You can do it but you'd need a high power potentiometer to do it. DC motors are usually controlled using pwm to vary the voltage to the armature.

  • @octopus-tuxedo5456
    @octopus-tuxedo5456 4 года назад

    ThInk I so muck h interesting and awesome!

  • @slowdownandmoveoverwreckon2241
    @slowdownandmoveoverwreckon2241 9 месяцев назад

    Why do we sometimes see a negative going to the third terminal?

  • @Fuckedofff
    @Fuckedofff 4 года назад

    Explanation skills are damn good

  • @mafgaz73
    @mafgaz73 4 года назад

    it is excellent domo of potenciometer. Brother can you give demo of servo mechanism. i will be benefited. thanks

  • @tirhashaile1652
    @tirhashaile1652 5 лет назад

    thanks realy u make it easy

  • @JonUhhThan
    @JonUhhThan 7 лет назад +4

    so which of the 3 connectors of the potentiometer do you actually connect to the circuit? Would the middle pin be used as the positive end and either of the side pins as the negative end? And from the end of your video it seems that you only use 3 of the pins if you want to use the pot as a voltage divider, ultimately making it a junction

    • @SimplyElectronicsOfficial
      @SimplyElectronicsOfficial  7 лет назад +5

      A potentiometer is not a polarized component. And yes, 3 pins are used to create a divider, splitting the voltage between two pins

    • @JonUhhThan
      @JonUhhThan 7 лет назад

      thanks

    • @JonUhhThan
      @JonUhhThan 7 лет назад

      I'm actually working on a circuit right now and I grabbed a random potentiometer so idk what its resistance range is, but I have it connected to a 9v battery and a dc motor (unknown specs as well) and connected the middle pin and one of the side pins to the circuit. However the motor only turns on when I have the knob of the potentiometer positioned at its max position, when I turn the knob away the motor instantly turns off, it doesnt slow down or anything. Could you possibly explain this?

    • @physicsphysics1956
      @physicsphysics1956 7 лет назад

      its better on EveryCircuit

  • @trailblazer9951
    @trailblazer9951 10 месяцев назад

    Excellent

  • @matthewmansell546
    @matthewmansell546 5 лет назад +2

    Great video, but why are there three wires running around if the wiper is only in contact with the smallest diameter one?

    • @olenfersoi8887
      @olenfersoi8887 2 месяца назад

      Watch the video again: The wire connected to the "wiper" is the output. How would anything be output if not for another wire to input something? It's not as if the "pot" creates current "out of thin air"! The third wire goes to ground. The whole idea of the pot is to divide what is input between the output & ground: If the wipe is at the start of the carbon track closest to the input wire, all of the current avoids the track and passes into the wiper & out...no resistance. When the wiper is situated at the other end of the track, everything going out the output wire is exposed to a resistance equal to the value of the pot, and the rest goes out the ground.
      So, there must be 3 wires: in, main output & ground. Consider that the same amount of current flows regardless of whether if ends of going out the output or goes to ground. Theoretically, a resistor can work without a ground, but then the total current flowing thru it would be only what goes out the output. The effect on the circuit would be very different.

  • @firstnameIastname
    @firstnameIastname Год назад

    Man, even with pictures and being walked through it, it's still mostly Latin to me. There aren't too many things I really just "don't get at all", but electronics engineering and wiring schematics like this are right near the top :(

  • @AnubhavPrabhakar
    @AnubhavPrabhakar 3 года назад

    thanks a ton!

  • @operationdeadstar1092
    @operationdeadstar1092 3 года назад

    Thank you!

  • @nick3718
    @nick3718 Год назад

    good video

  • @Shadygbg
    @Shadygbg 7 лет назад

    Nice video. more video lika this

  • @jonm3024
    @jonm3024 3 года назад +1

    Gotta love the sound of Sharpies on paper....

  • @user-ic2vt8gd9s
    @user-ic2vt8gd9s 6 месяцев назад

    Hey its good work...can I communicate you in other option because I have a question

  • @Krishna_hegde
    @Krishna_hegde Год назад

    then what is difference between a regulator and a potentiometer ? regulator which used in fan.

  • @emilianorangel8798
    @emilianorangel8798 4 года назад

    thank you good sir

  • @Flankymanga
    @Flankymanga 7 лет назад

    good one

  • @johnhopkins6260
    @johnhopkins6260 3 года назад

    How 'bout a adjustable voltage divider?

  • @glenfry12345
    @glenfry12345 4 года назад

    I have a amplifier the volume is not working so the problem is the potentiometer, can replace only the potentiometer

  • @sladoleda2750
    @sladoleda2750 3 года назад

    thank you!

  • @asifmahmoud126
    @asifmahmoud126 5 лет назад

    So what's the difference between potentiometer and variable resistor?

    • @bob-km4uq
      @bob-km4uq 5 лет назад +1

      There is none. However a potentiometer becomes a rheostat when the middle pin is connected to one of the other pins. Edit: actually a Rheostat and a variable resistor are the same apparently. Edit Edit: I have no Idea anymore

  • @olenfersoi8887
    @olenfersoi8887 2 месяца назад

    The only issue I have with this video is that most "pots" are "carbon pots", with a carbon track internally. If the track were of most metals, the resistance would be practically nothing no matter where the wiper was, because of the high conductivity of metal...whereas a carbon track just a couple of inches long, at most, can be designed to have a maximum resistance ranging from ohms to mega-ohms or more. A metal track would have to be microscopic in width to achieve such resistance in such a short length.

  • @yosoylibre
    @yosoylibre 7 лет назад

    Hello. May I ask you what is the best circuit for a 9 vdc to 27 vdc booster with integrated circuits? It would be just great if you have a link to the circuit at EveryCircuit.com.

    • @SimplyElectronicsOfficial
      @SimplyElectronicsOfficial  7 лет назад +2

      Everycircuit.com doesnt support Integrated circuits. However, check out the LM27313, a boost IC which will support your 9v input and boost to 28v. The first page of the datasheet for this IC gives you a schematic for its typical application. www.ti.com/lit/ds/symlink/lm27313.pdf

    • @yosoylibre
      @yosoylibre 7 лет назад

      Thank you very much!
      Do you know a bout a good open software simulator for ICs, etc?

    • @SimplyElectronicsOfficial
      @SimplyElectronicsOfficial  7 лет назад

      Not sure about simulating this particular IC but maybe similar ICs in circuits.io

    • @yosoylibre
      @yosoylibre 7 лет назад

      Thank you.
      I would like to know some time your take about patented Tesla´s radiant energy receiver versions.
      I like the way you teach. Keep going.

    • @physicsphysics1956
      @physicsphysics1956 7 лет назад

      circuits.io does not have the pots