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pot wires steering wheel atari
thunder-rolling:
Hi,
I have an Atari steering wheel, pulled from a Final Lap cab. Is it safe to say: black wire = ground, red wire = 5v and brown wire = signal?
hng:
only 3 wires?
Kremmit:
A wheel with a potentiometer on it (270 degree wheel) will have three wires. An optical wheel (360 degree wheel) would have four.
On a pot, it's not ground, +5 and signal. It's ground, other ground and wiper.
What are you planning to hook this thing up to? Should be an A-Pac or an AKI, unless you're using a Dual Strike hack or similar.
thunder-rolling:
I'm using a dual strike hack. I see I've got the terminology down pat..
Zebidee:
NO!
--- Quote from: Kremmit on July 05, 2007, 11:39:37 pm ---On a pot, it's not ground, +5 and signal. It's ground, other ground and wiper.
--- End quote ---
For a pot, the 3 wires are: Ground (probably BLACK), signal input (probably RED, pre-wiper) and signal output (post wiper). Looking at the pot from the back, the three pins are: GROUND - INPUT (ie 5v) - OUTPUT (signal, reduced voltage)
To use an apac, you'll need to determine the eletrical resistance rating of the pot by using a multimeter.
For more directions, look at the APAC page on Ultimarc.com.
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