[sdiy] All Electronics Trip

[Theo]

Yeah there is no real standard.
But if you know the manufacturer you can look it up in the data sheets.
The most common brands here in the Netherlands use A = lin, but you never
know with a unknown pot.

Theo

From: Scott Gravenhorst <music.maker at gte.net>

> Hmm.  Well All had 100K pots labeled 'audio taper', but the
> pot itself had A inscribed on the back.  So the best thing
> to do is measure it.
>
> Thanks.  At least now I know I *ought* to be confused.
>
> "Theo" <t.hogers at home.nl> wrote:
> >No most common is A for linear and B for log (audio)
> >
> >Theo
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: Atom 'Smasher' <atom at suspicious.org>
> >To: >>>marjan<<< <urekar.m at EUnet.yu>
> >Cc: <music.maker at gte.net>; <synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl>
> >Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2001 2:21 PM
> >Subject: Re: [sdiy] All Electronics Trip
> >
> >
> >> > > Also, lame question:  Is an 'audio taper' log or linear?
> >> >
> >> > log
> >> >
> >> > interesting note: some brands mark it as A, others use B...
> >> > I always measure them to be sure...
> >> ================================
> >>
> >> i always thought that log pot were labeled 'A', and linear pots were
> >> labeled 'B'..... immediately following the resistance value.
> >>
> >> i don't recall seeing any pots that didn't follow this convention,
except
> >> for the pots that don't have human-readable info printed on them.
> >>
> >>
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