Assignment 6.2

Post date: Aug 16, 2010 12:50:54 AM

My homemade potentiometer did not work anywhere near as well as the actual one. As you can see in the video it was erratic no matter where I placed the alligator clip, speeding up and slowing down unpredictably. The real potentiometer provided regular, even resistance and created a steady pattern, as opposed to the sporadic, uneven nature of its homemade counterpart.