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    Potentiometer Row Mounting/Ideas

    Hello Everyone! Apologies for necroposting, but I thought I'd update you on my progress, and give a final thanks for your input. Here it is working now: Project Imgurl Gallery This was my first foray into electronics, and I'm expecting I'll do things a lot neater with my next project. This...
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    Potentiometer Row Mounting/Ideas

    Hello Everybody, I had a bit of a honey-do Saturday, but I'm glad to have some more input on the next step of this process: connector selection. There's so many different connectors in different configurations, I can say, it's a bit like stepping up to a full Grainger catalog after shopping...
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    Potentiometer Row Mounting/Ideas

    The Copper pour: Thank you, this is exactly the sort of info I know I'm lacking. Regarding the nature of pots: I suppose I have failed to mention how I'm using the pots, because I guess I only know pots to have the one use I've been using them for: basically, a dimmer--- a variable...
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    Potentiometer Row Mounting/Ideas

    I'm very surprised at how intuitive the whole process seems so far. Given the fact that I'm ordering a batch of these, I figured I'd add an optional strip of status LEDs. I think all I lack is to add some additional silkscreen labels, and perhaps some optional mounting holes. I submit my...
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    Potentiometer Row Mounting/Ideas

    I agree, and it definitely is evident this is my first project. My design choices were driven by what I had available versus what was actually needed. I only hope to improve by making fewer of the same mistakes in the future. The burned hand teaches best, and hopefully I get a sizeable...
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    Potentiometer Row Mounting/Ideas

    Yes, if I recall, I'm supplying +3.3v to all my pots, anything supplied back should be below that. I'm using three muxes, two to read the 32 analog channels coming from the pots, and one to drive digital output to LEDs indicating which step the sequence is currently on. The additional 4 pots...
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    Potentiometer Row Mounting/Ideas

    That might just be the direction I should go in! I was hoping my use-case was common enough that there would be a nice off-the-shelf pcb for me, but I'm not adverse to learning how to do custom PCB. My circuit is split across a few boards in a cigar box enclosure, with arduino, and...
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    Potentiometer Row Mounting/Ideas

    Thanks guys for your quick replies! I don't have a link handy, but I can give you a picture to illustrate what they look like. Perhaps there's a different type that better suits my needs? It indeed did work, at least for 30 of the 36 pots! However, now upon actual mounting and testing...
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    Potentiometer Row Mounting/Ideas

    Hello all, I'm pretty new to all of this, so let me know if this is not the place to ask these sort of questions. The Background: I think I've been a little overambitious with my first electronics project, an Arduino-driven MIDI sequencer. Roughly, there are 8 steps to the sequencer, with...

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