Hello everyone! I would need help understanding how to insert a potentiometer into a mechanical kitchen timer. Let me explain better. The "easiest" solution I've found is to insert the potentiometer between the top part of the timer and the rotation pin connected to the gear that starts the mechanism. While experimenting with the potentiometer in my standard kit, I noticed that by inserting any piece of hexagonal plastic into the potentiometer slot, it rotates. So, I need to figure out if there's a potentiometer that, on one hand, allows me to do this (in a way, creating a snug fit), and on the other hand, allows me not to insert the breadboard inside the timer capsule itself, but to which wires can be soldered and then exit from a slot at the base of the timer.
When you asked Google to show you images of potentiometers, did you see any that might fit your requirements?
I may have found a ring encoder that could fit the case, but i couldn't find any manual or instruction to see if it could work or not.
Well, at least you are making progress!
What are you trying to do?
It’s a project in the making and I need to connect the potentiometer to the rotation of the timer. Basically, while rotating the top gear of the said timer there should be a difference in voltage that it’s going to change datas on display. And i need to keep the mechanical part of the timer because i want that once the action is finished, it needs to go back, just like a normal timer.
Would this work?
You can accomplish the same thing with a cap, op-amp and a resistor or simply using a DAC. Why the mechanics with the hardware?
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