An electronic component that is used to vary the amount of current that flows through a circuit. It works by sliding a wiper terminal across a resistive material, typically a thin film or chunk of ...

Why get up close and personal with a resistor when you can tweak it from a distance? Remote variable resistors make analog circuit control easier, neater, and a lot more fun. Well, we are about to ...

Adjusting the volume dial on a sound system, sensing your finger position on a touch screen, and knowing when someone’s in the car are just a few examples of where you encounter variable resistors in ...

Automating manufacturing calibration, the DS3906 variable resistor offers three 64-step, digital, nonvolatile variable resistors capable of ohm and subohm step sizes when used in parallel with a fixed ...

PITTSBURGH, March 18, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- "Our goal was to increase the operating cycles of a conventional potentiometer by a factor of ten, while achieving cost parity with PCB-based potentiometers, ...

The VRH320 Variable Wire Wound Resistor available from ARCOL Resistors has a wide range of applications for voltage and current adjustment including industrial machinery RPM adjustment, instruments, ...

New York, Feb. 09, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- A new research report on the “Wirewound Variable Resistors Market” titled has recently published by Reports Insights, the market was worth USD 1.3 Billion ...

Very often when simulating an electrical circuit in SPICE, there is a need for a variable passive element such as a resistor, a capacitor or an inductor. Very often when simulating an electrical ...

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If you need a potentiometer for a project, chances are pretty good that you’re not going to pick up a pencil and draw one. Then again, if you’re teaching someone how a variable resistor works, that ...