[sdiy] FaderBuddy - OSHW motorized fader module

[cheater cheater]

I haven't heard of them until now, no. What design do the motorized
pots use? There's an artistic exploded view of a stator on the front
page, but idk how it works.

On Fri, Aug 21, 2026 at 7:31 PM drheqx <drheqx at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Adafruit sells long motorized faders as well
>
> I'm sure you've seen the melbourne instruments synths. They have rotary motorized pots.
>
> There are several variants out there from Bourns, and alps, they're around 13 bucks each. You'd need a different version control loop, however, totally doable
>
>
> Mike
>
> On Fri, Aug 21, 2026 at 1:23 PM cheater cheater via Synth-diy <synth-diy at synth-diy.org> wrote:
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>> I wonder if this could be repurposed for potentiometers. I wonder what
>> the smallest setup could be that allows this sort of motion on a
>> potentiometer. I think a simple gearbox would be necessary.
>>
>> On Thu, Aug 20, 2026 at 4:19 PM cheater cheater
>> <cheater00social at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > I thought some people here would like this.
>> >
>> > https://www.youtube.com/v/l-DIM_kQ8EY
>> >
>> > https://github.com/scottbez1/FaderBuddy
>> >
>> > https://bezeklabs.etsy.com/
>>
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