I'm trying to wire up my own joystick controlled, analog, pan/tilt. Keeping the circuit analog only, how would you wire up a 12v battery, a 5k or 10k pot, and a 12v dc motor so that when the pot was in the center of it's travel the motor is still, and as you move the pot either direction from that c…

How to control DC motor forward and reverse with one potentiometer

JohnHoward December 4, 2012, 3:03am 5

Seems like a rotary encoder 'pot' would make more sense. Read the direction and rate of turning and adjust the motor voltage in a manner that correlates to the encoder signal.

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How to control DC motor forward and reverse with one potentiometer

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