Applications:
There are some important applications of potentiometer which are given below.
- The potentiometer is used in radio and television (TV) receiver for volume control, tone control and linearity control.
- The potentiometer is used in medical equipment.
- It is used in wood processing machine.
- It is used in injection mold machines.
- Potentiometers are widely used as user controls, and may control a very wide variety of equipment functions.
- It is used in robotics.
- It is used in joysticks as a position transducer.
- It is used in TRIAC switching applications.
- The potentiometer is used as a voltage divider in the electronic circuit.
- It is used in computer controlled monitoring of sports equipment.