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Electronics => Electronics => Topic started by: robotcy on February 27, 2010, 04:24:22 AM

Title: phidgets with pic or arduino?
Post by: robotcy on February 27, 2010, 04:24:22 AM

Can i use a phidget rotation sensor (1109) with an arduino re picaxe microcontroller?

Title: Re: phidgets with pic or arduino?
Post by: billhowl on February 27, 2010, 08:06:45 AM

phidget rotation sensor (1109) is just a potentiometer of 10K ohm.
1109 - Rotation Sensor US$7.00 (http://www.phidgets.com/products.php?product_id=1109)
(http://www.phidgets.com/images/1109.jpg)
You can use it with any microcontroller that have ADC analog input
(http://arduino.cc/en/uploads/Tutorial/potentiometer.jpg)
http://www.arduino.cc/en/Tutorial/Potentiometer (http://www.arduino.cc/en/Tutorial/Potentiometer)