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Potentiometer Voltage Divider

Description

Potentiometer is a three-terminal resistor with a sliding contact that forms an adjustable voltage divider. The potentiometer can be used as a voltage divider to obtain a manually adjustable output voltage at the slider (wiper) from a fixed input voltage applied across the two ends of the potentiometer. The voltage across Ro can be calculated by the resistances and the sourse voltage.

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Variables

VoVoltage output (V)
R2Resistance parallel to load (ohm)
R0Load Resistance (ohm)
R1Resistance in series with the others (ohm)
ViVoltage divider input (Source) (V)