[sdiy] Parts in Slovenia

[ChristianH]

Hi,

um, it's not that difficult to find out. 
You simply move the pot approximately into middle position, then measure
resistance between wiper and each end point. If both values are equal within,
say, 20% it's linear - if they are drastically apart it's log aka audio.

Christian


On Thu, 19 Aug 2004 00:35:56 -0400 (Eastern Daylight Time) Colin Hinz wrote:

> I'm tempted to build a motorized contraption that would be used
> (along with an oscilloscope) to determine a pot's taper -- an
> electromechanical curve tracer, if you will. It would also be useful
> for checking linearity too, I suppose.
> 
> - Colin Hinz
>   Toronto, Canada