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Offline moeiscool

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Rapid Fire Potentiometer Question
« on: January 31, 2009, 11:44:11 AM »
ok so i have a 555 timer and i made it all nice and stuff it works great then
i found a potentiometer
from an old xbox controller
its the thingy on the side of the analog stick
and it sorta works
but i cnat help it to think i wired it wrong thats why its only showing me the super fast shots no slower speeds.


is it possible for somebody to help?
or even say somthing?
« Last Edit: January 31, 2009, 04:55:19 PM by moeiscool »
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Re: Rapid Fire Potentiometer Question
« Reply #1 on: January 31, 2009, 10:46:26 PM »
because the xbox analog pots arn't 100k Ohm, buy a 100k trimmer
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Re: Rapid Fire Potentiometer Question
« Reply #2 on: February 01, 2009, 09:53:34 AM »
kk thank you
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Re: Rapid Fire Potentiometer Question
« Reply #3 on: February 02, 2009, 04:38:27 AM »
that is correct, purchase a 100K as listed in the tut, they cost like a dollar

 

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