Sometimes you want an arduino application to be controlled either by a potentiometer (eg. joystick) or by a keypad. Here is a simple resistor circuit that uses two keys and mimicks a potentiometer in three different states – middle position, …

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I recently cut out a capacitive sensor on my old CNC machine for a friend working at the university. They plan to connect the sensor to Raspberry PI and try to make a virtual friction drum. The sensor is pretty …

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