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Connecting multiple potentiometers.

Open Skinest opened this issue 2 years ago • 3 comments

I have connected 3 10k potentiometers as in the instructions, but when I measure the resistance with a multimeter the maximum resistance gets divided by the amount of potentiometers so I get 3.3k maximum resistance on each potentiometer. When I turn a potentiometer one way resistance gets lower, but when I turn it the other way resistance goes to 3.3k at center and does not get any higher. I still decided to solder this setup to the board and test it and it seems to be working fine. But I'm clearly not understanding something. Is this the way it's supposed to be or should I use some diodes in my circuit? I'm doubting I did everything right. 014731

Skinest avatar Dec 11 '22 00:12 Skinest

Have you checked the Z Axis Pins? I had a similar problem with this Joystick. The Pin Color on the Z Axis is different.

Foxloop avatar Mar 17 '23 10:03 Foxloop

Try to connect only the X Y Axis to the Board only and look then what happening

Foxloop avatar Mar 17 '23 10:03 Foxloop

Try to connect only the X Y Axis to the Board only and look then what happening

Thank you for your response. After researching the issue a bit further it turned out to be not an issue at all. It is the correct behavior for resistors that are connected in parallel. The board handles this with no problem and everything works as expected.

Skinest avatar Mar 19 '23 23:03 Skinest