potmeter

plural potmeters

1. potentiometer

   In later power supplies the pulse length can be set on a continuous basis via a potmeter or an externally generated electrical signal.

   1988, C. J. Nonhof, Material Processing with Nd-lasers, Electrochemical, →ISBN, page 114

   2 more examples

   To stabilize servo, some form of stroke feedback is required : Either directly to the servovalve, or via a potmeter or a nonlinear stroke observer to the servoamplifier.

   1983, International Federation for Information Processing, Ship Operation Automation, IV: Proceedings of the 4th IFIP/IFAC Symposium, Genova, Italy, 20-22 September 1982, North-Holland Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 57

   The 'zero set' potmeter VR4 needs frequent adjustment and hence should be located on the front panel of the instrument. A miniature plastic spindle potmeter is suitable.

   2009, EFY Enterprises Pvt Ltd, Electronics Projects Vol. 4, EFY Enterprises Pvt Ltd, →ISBN, page 93