Hello, I'm trying to create a axis input for a throttle using a linear potentiometer. I would need 2 throttles hooked up and I would like a usb 2.0 connection is there an arduino that I could use for this?
You have provided very little useful detail but I suspect an Uno could do it easily.
The Uno is by far the best Arduino to start with as almost all of the add-ons and libraries work with it.
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So you need 1 (or 2) analog inputs for the pots, and... some form of output for the throttle. You haven't given us much to go off of, but unless these throttles need some absurd control scheme, you've got nothing to worry about; Any arduino board will work, and as Robin suggested, the Uno is a great choice, since it supports all the shields, and is the most common one in circulation.
I'm not sure if any of them will actually qualify as USB2.0 devices, though - the USB connection is just a USB->Serial converter, and since serial ports have speeds in the thousands to hundreds-of-thousand baud, versus 12 mbit for USB 1.x, and since USB 2.0 is backwards compatible with USB 1.x, there's no real reason to use USB 2.0..
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since serial ports have speeds in the thousands to hundreds-of-thousand baud, versus 12 mbit for USB 1.x, and since USB 2.0 is backwards compatible with USB 1.x, there's no real reason to use USB 2.0..
This just reminded me that a Leonardo has much faster USB comms with Arduino 1.5.6+ because it doesn't use serial the same way the Uno does. But a Uno should work fine up to 1,000,000 baud. (Leonardo is probably 3 to 5 times faster). However very fast is not so much use when the Arduino only has a few k of SRAM.
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Sorry for the lack of information the uno was the one I was looking at but will I be able t program it with pot movement (a slider rather than a button press) ?? and if you need more information please let me know what you need im very new to all of this.
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There will be no problem reading a potentiometer.
It sounds like you have not yet worked through the examples that come with the Arduino IDE nor studied any of the hundreds of tutorials available nor read through any significant number of existing Threads on the Forum.
All of these are important learning sources which will help you to know how to define your requirements.
You might also look at this Thread about planning and implementing a program
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I know that I haven't done this exactly as the norm however I didn't want to buy anything or read the tutorials and get to tutorial 30 and find out it wouldn't work. im glad to hear that the input can be used in a game and am looking forward to buying my arduino uno when it is back in stock! thank you for your help and advice.
I can't think of a single arduino that would NOT be more than capable of what you're trying to achieve. It's like asking which kind of cooker you need to boil water. And you want it compatible with saucepans.
haha I understand but from someone on the outside of this who has barely ever coded and knows next to nothing about electronics it is all very confusing....
Seriously, if you haven't got a space issue with your project, I'd suggest getting something of a decent size. I very much doubt that this will be the last project you use it for. (it gets addictive)
A pot has a variable analog output so anything that has analog input pins should work . Any arduino , perhaps any 21th century microcontroller .