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Potentiometer vs Encoder - What's the difference?

potentiometer | encoder |

As nouns the difference between potentiometer and encoder

is that potentiometer is potentiometer while encoder is a device used to encode a signal either for cryptography or compression.

potentiometer

English

(wikipedia potentiometer)

Alternative forms

* potentiometre

Noun

(en noun)
  • (electronics) A user-adjustable variable resistor that functions as a voltage divider.
  • (physics) An instrument that measures a voltage by opposing it with a precise fraction of a known voltage, and without drawing current from the unknown source.

    • Related terms

    * potentiometry

    encoder

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia encoder) (en noun)
  • A device used to encode a signal either for cryptography or compression.

    • Anagrams

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