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UsbPot: USB Digital Potentiometer

This is a section about the UsbPot device.

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Please consult the Eclectric website for more information about the UsbPot device and software. More info here - coming soon!

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Software

GUI application (Windows)

The UsbPot device is currently only supported for use on the following platforms:

• Windows 7, 64-bit and 32-bit
• Windows 10, 64-bit and 32-bit

Installation, device driver + application

The UsbPot installer is packaged as a single Windows Installer (MSI) file. The installer is compatible with both Windows 7 and Windows 10, but please take care to download the correct package for your machine architecture (64-bit / 32-bit).

Windows 7

Important: the Windows GUI application installation package includes a device driver for Windows 7 that is required to be installed for use with the GUI application and is also for command line operation.

Windows 10

The UsbPot device is able to connect to Windows 10 without requiring a device driver from the GUI installation package.

Command line operation

This is a section describing command line operation.

Terminal Emulator, e.g. PUTTY

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C:\Users\Laptop>echo "0x0800\r\n" > \\.\COM11

C:\Users\Laptop>echo "0x0800\r\n" > \\.\COM11

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AD5920 digital potentiometer

This is a section describing the AD5920 chip.

Software

Eclectric UsbPot Windows software [UsbPot 0.0.13]

• UsbPot C# GUI (includes device driver for Windows 7)
  • 32bit direct download from eclectric.co.uk
  • 64bit direct download from eclectric.co.uk

Specifications

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1) Based on ADxxxx
2) 20k potentiometer (100k option)
3) USB controlled
4) USB powered (no other power source required)
5) 1,000V isolation
6) 1024 taps
7) 12V compliance wrt 0V pin
8) Rugged box / Bare PCB
9) Uses Windows Serial Drivers
10) Rugged Hot Pluggable – recoverable.
11) Command line or GUI supplied application
12) Windows or Linux (Command line only)
13) User programmable wiper position