This component can control tons of circuits! Digital Potentiometer Guide! EB#51
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In this episode of electronics basics we will be having a look at digital potentiometers. You can use them to control any circuit digitally by replacing their mechanical potentiometers with them. But there can be pitfalls when trying to simply replacing the potentiometer. That is why I will tell you all about digital potentiometers which includes how to control them, what kind of current and voltage they can handle and how to properly use them. Let's get started!
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0:00 Where Digital Potentiometers can be used!
1:39 Intro
2:14 X9C103 Overview
4:22 Digital Potentiometer Functional Principle
5:43 X9C103 Practical Test
6:42 Voltage Converter Digital Pot Problem
8:39 High Voltage Digital Pot solves the problem
9:49 Final Test & Verdict - วิทยาศาสตร์และเทคโนโลยี
"Destroyed itself" makes it sound like the chip was turning up its own voltage. :-)
Great(Scott!) coverage of the topic.
They do this around me ;-)
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Also crimping dies that it understands as death
Your introduction to the IC chips are getting better day by day. I really loved this introduction!
Glad to hear it!
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How about shooting a vlog inside a lithium ion cell factory!
You don't have to remove the original potentiometer of these buck converters. You just need to "inject" some extra voltage to the shorted pins (pin 2 and 3) of the onboard potentiometer through a resistor and by this you can trick the buck controller chip and control it perfectly. I did this already quite some time ago using a MCP4725 12-bit DAC and an SZBK07 buck converter. This DAC has higher resolution than those digital potmeters, so you can control the voltage on a really fine scale.
Yeah, just check the voltage range on each potentiometer pin, set potentiometer to highest resistance and solder onto the appropriate pin without removing the potentiometer.
@@DavidMishchenko Yes, that is what I did. I knew the maximum voltage because of the maximum output voltage of the SZBK07 buck converter. Then I also knew my maximum controlling voltage and based on this I picked a resistor which through I fed the potentiometer.
Do you guys have links to resources for this
@@Fleurlean4 Yeah, visit my channel and website.
@@Rothammel1 I am happy to help!
"let's get started" has been ripped off by many other diy channels on yt... You're still the original 🍻
Thanks ;-)
Another perfectly timed video. Been working on driving a panel using ESP, but I couldn't find a good digipot that wouldn't go open-circuit between switching resistances! I blew up a boost board already by using a potentiometer that had a gap or internal problem!
Thanks great Scott!
Did he just prevent some university students from spending time building a custom microcontroller compatible buck-boost converter and showed a simple hack to convert any buck/boost converter that can be controlled by an Arduino?!?!
YES, HE DID!!!
Great video as always!!
During your video of an Arduino based FM radio, you used one. But didn't understand how it actually works and I am ready to change my power supply on by Automatic Light System.
I already did a much smarter control with a MCP4725 12-bit DAC a year ago... You don't even need to remove/replace the original potentiometer. I even built an automatic digital thermostat which can maintain a Peltier cooler's temperature within a really tight range.
@@CuriousScientist Sound very interesting! Could you share how you did it?
@@lennard7123 Just check my channel and look for the SZBK07 playlist. I shared everything: wiring schematics, Arduino source code...etc.
@@CuriousScientist Thank you very much! I will definitely check it out :)
This was the video I was looking for! Thanks for doing all the research. I always wanted to control the brightness of a led with an arduino but never was able to, because I didn't knew how to use a digital potentiometer. Now I can finish my project🎉
Please never stop making your videos. They are the best.
One great thing about (re)watching older videos... hearing the classic theme music!!
I have been thinking about doing this with a boost converter for a while, thanks for doing all the research for me!
Happy to help!
Nice video, as always. One interesting application I used a digital pot for was to control an analog filter before an ADC. In this way it is possible to change the low pass frequency depending on the sampling rate.
This is excellent man! Definitely an awesome ic to consider using 👊🏻
Thanks👍 Definitely✌
It's such a great way to control the led driver, especially if you want to directly control it using a controller or wirelessly
I could really have used this video 3-4 years ago for a project. I will keep it in mind for the next project, thanks.
I was just looking for this for some of my projects a few days ago, thanks!
Good timing as I just bought a few to use in a project!
Love your videos! Keep em coming!
Very handy device! Thank you for bringing us such cool devices.
Thanks for the great video, Great Scott! I didn’t even know these things existed… I already came up with a few ideas!
A few years ago i took apart a radio that had an electronically controlled volume potentiometer (if i'm not mistaken, i think it was volume). This was a radio from the 90's. Their solution to this problem? The potentiometer had a dc motor stuck to its back, if the radio deemed the volume too low, it just turned its own knob with the motor to crank the volume. Beautifully simple and complex at the same time.
This control scheme is still in place for some audio products because digipots can have audible clicking as they internally switch between resistors if they're in the signal path.
This is soo cool. I'm definitely trying this.
Since the first time i learned about digital potentiometers i haven't given much thought to it till now. Cool video ideas loading.
I remember reading it's not that easy to use a digital pot for audio applications, at least not as a direct replacement for a mechanical pot. The reason is you get pops on the audio every time you adjust it up/down and it requires some complications to the circuit so it only adjusts at zero-crossing....would be great to see a project like this though :)
I needed this video 6 years ago^^
Yours channel is very informative, always learn something new. The best thing is, its not overly complicated, any useful topics only, and not too much kidy like simple arduino code to control PWM, it goes down to the basic electronics concepts, without focusing too much on online code.
This was just what I was looking for. Thanks!
Great summary! In regards to code, I write a library with example for the i2c version (MCP45HVX1) a few years back, it should turn up (never thought it would be relvant...).
Thanks from Texas Scott.
Just a circuit idea I had recently: I think its possible to do the same thing (µC Control of such a DC/DC convertors output voltage) without the "exotic" part just by altering the feedback path a bit.
Use a simple DAC (PWM pin is fine), Filter & Buffer that voltage using an opamp (a "rail-to-rail" one might be necessary), select the components around the opamp such that the resulting µC controllable voltage ranges from 0V up to the regulation point voltage specific to the DC/DC converter (= the voltage at the wiper of the DC adjustment pot which is kept constant by the DC/DC's own control IC) to get the maximum resolution in the end.
Now adjust the voltage pot of the unmodified DC/DC to the maximum output voltage you want to be able to get out of the system. Then just keep this voltage pot in the circuit - but replace the "GND" point of the feedback circuit's resistive divider with the µC controlled DAC Voltage described above. Now you should have linear (!) control of the DC/DC's output voltage by setting the DAC - note however that the control will be reversed, a high DAC voltage results in a low DC/DC output and vice versa.
Disclaimer: I have not tried this yet, but I think this should work and if so it's quite an elegant hack I think.
Ok. Nice video. But I didn’t understand it.
I’m building a variable speed controller for a 4.25 hp, 130 VDC treadmill motor. I’m using a SCR, bridge rectifier, DC choke to drive the motor.
I have a potentiometer on my SCR. I turned it slowly until the motor started turning. Then I measured the resistance (301 k). So I broke that down by using a 275k and 30k pots. One for rough rpm adjustment and one for fine.
Would it be better to use a digital pot on this? If so, what kind do I get and how to hook it up.
Your help is appreciated.
Thanks,
Paul
Perfect.. this is what I was looking for. I will use this digital potentiometer with regular buck converter boards to make my own low-cost Arduino-controlled smart MPPT solar charge controller. Thank you for the video.
Just what I needed thank you
Thanks for this great tutorial! Very helpfull!
Great video as always, thank you
Your voice is crystal clear and beautiful ❤❤❤
Excellent video as always.
i was looking for this thing only danke!
Very Good & Relevant video that we can put to proper use. Thank you!
Exactly this is what I made weeks ago :D
It can be a pretty decent digitally adjustable portable power supply with current module for tiny projects.
Excellent work and a great project... (from Great Scott ! I know I mentioned that before, but I couldn't resist... ;-) )
I was looking for this for so long! I am planning to use this replace the knobs on my power supply since they seem to drift a lot.
Coupled with the TTP223 touch control chip you have a very flash volume control indeed !.....cheers.
Great vid Scott. Ty.
really nice topic! Thank you for that.
Scott mentions in the video that these digital potentiometers can be used to control the volume of audio circuits. However, it is not really recommended to use an ordinary digital pot for such a task, as these usually make a "zipper like" sound with audio signals when you move the wiper up or down. For this kind of application you should use a specialised audio digital potentiometer with built-in zero crossing detection, like Dallas Semiconductor's DS1801 or DS1802. With these you can save some headache for yourself.
There's programmable gain amplifiers like the PGA4311 specifically made for that task. Also, some DACs and amplifiers have volume adjustment built in.
Awesome video as always!!!
Thanks for the visit
Great video! I always wondered what use cases were meant for these.
Good information. Thank you!
Pretty impressive little IC, dude! 😃
It can be useful in so many cases! Fantastic!
Thanks for the video!!!
Stay safe and creative there! 🖖😊
Thanks for watching!
woooow.amazing video and nice explanation
I also saw some variations of potentiometers which are mechanical and also digital, the position of the contact is controlled by magnets, and are super simple to work with and don't have any resolution problem. But you have to change the contacts once in a year.
Haash after a long time found this interesting..🔥
OMG. I didnt know digital potentiometer existed. That is awsome!
Excellent video!
05:10 - Resolution could be increased by a factor of 100 by utilizing 3 potentiometers. The third would be connected between both wipers of P1 and P2. The total resolution could be calculated with a simple formula. Total Resolution = init.resolution power 2.
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Very good content 👍
Thanks :-)
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Amazing Video as Always! I will have to try them out!
Please do!
Dude! This helps me so much! I understand it much beter, cause of you! Thx alot :D
Really a good video that I have ever seen great Scott you are the best youtuber I ever I watch your video almost 3 year . Really you are a good engineer . And I always appreciate to make this type of videos projects and other thing as.
And and this pwm digital are best for degitily controling features
this is amazing!
very informative thanks man
I like the fact it was so useful to know this information
Great :-)
Great project
I hadn't really thought about digital potentiometers, so this was a good topic for me!
Now add a mechanical potentiometer to your microcontroller's ADC, then use that value to set the resistance value on the digital potentiometer, so you still have the feel of the rotary switch! 😛😛
I love your videos!
I used a dual digital pot to replace the joystick input on a wheelchair controller. Was a great way to get a digital interface, while keeping the wheelchair's insanely good control systems.
Thanks man!!!
Can you read my mind? I was looking for something like this not even two days ago. You really save me alot of trouble here :D
If somebody needs ever higher voltages, look up motor-driven potentiometers. They are also used in some audio equipment as a very fun way to control sound volume.
Great work!! It's very useful for making digital volume control & digital graphic equalizer 🎶🎚️🎚️🎚️
Very useful thank you!
i love these things. i built a personal project that controls my minidsp and my speaker amp, as well as turns on my pc. the minidsp supports i2c control, buti decided to simply use a digital pot and use the arduino to control it. i was going to do the same for the amp, but unfortunately, the pot actually had audio channels going through it, so i ended up using a servo to physically control it with the arduino.
so far, it has worked well and only once did it lock up, but a reset solved the problem
Motorized potentiometors are an elegant solution if you want to keep some of the properties of having a pot
Big thumb up for you and your videos!!!
Using the voltage divider and mosfets can be a great solution for a 2 or 3 steps using discrete components.
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Very nice video also GreatScott! I have to wake till this time (now it's 23h16m in my country) to just watch you!
I hope it was worth it :-)
Nice video man 😌
Even if comes late, it's worth the wait
Appreciate it!
Very good and informative as always
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Great Great 👍👍👍 Scott !!! absolutely interesting video
Glad you enjoyed it
Nice video, keep it up, thank you :)
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Very interesting video, thanks a lot !
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Interesting video as always. I had been wondering about these and I appreciate your 'review' of them, thank you. I have read some of the other comments and a few are a bit above my knowledge of electronics to get my head around easily. However, if one wanted to create a simple digital pot with fine adjustment with simple inputs, what about a small N20 gear motor directly coupled with a 3590s 10 turn pot? You wouldn't need anything other than a switch to drive it - no I2C etc. You could even drive it with an Arduino (though it could overload the pin - it is at about the max current), but a cheap H bridge would be safer. I'd personally make the coupler not absolutely tight so that if the pot gets to the end the coupler will slip rather than break something. Anyways, just my take on it. If you want to try it, let me know and I could model it up for 3D printing.
The High Voltage version MCP41HV51 is available at different large electronics suppliers (i.e. Digikey, Farnell, Reichelt) for a much cheaper price.
That is only the ic tho
I was eagerly waiting for this
Previous Sunday also I was waiting for notification
But this sunday it has come
Awesome video
Thanks for watching :-)
I did not know about the HV variants of the MCP41xx chips, which is precisely what I need. Thanks.
I am currently using your constant current load design to build a constant current discharge battery tester with a digital potentiometer and a rotatary encoder instead of the original potentiometer so the arduino can keep the current as precise as possible (with the normal potentiometer I have the problem that for idk reasons the current slightly changes from time to time, leading to unclean results)
Amazing Video
Thanks!
I was waiting for it 😁❤️
Hope you enjoyed it :-)
Thanks for the great video, this was exactly what I was looking for. I still have some questions according the wiring, because my digital potentiometer started to burn, maybe the chip was badly soldered.
Wiring would be:
Pin 14: external Power Supply (20V) (GND to Arduino)
Pin 13: connected to the place of the analog Potentiometer from Boost Converter 1st
Pin 12: connected to the place of the analog Potentiometer from Boost Converter (wiper) 2nd
Pin 11: connected to the place of the analog Potentiometer from Boost Converter 3rd
Pin 10: connected to GND of the Arduino
Pin 09: connected to GND of the Arduino
Pin 08. connected to GND of the Arduino
Thanks for your help!
Dude, I spent like four MONTHS trying to find some way of doing this a while back.... And there is just a nice little IC... I mean, of COURSE there is... Sigh...
Thank you!!!
Accept my regards, my dear friend, good work and excellent explanation❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Sweet! Luckly i stayed up to 0:00a.m. just to watch your video~~~
Hope it was worth it :-)
Hi bro you make awsome content
they were coll little IC's never heard of them them before either. (like the 1's in the video i watched before this one) cool video : )
Very cool! This immediately brings to mind a scene from Star Trek - "...computer decrease illumination by 50%"
Thank you for sharing a great video. GBU
Thanks for watching!
there are two solutions I thought before as alternative. I use a servo motor to drive a pot. the next one is drive a optocoupler with pwm and a filter capacitor. the output side of optocoupler can be act like a resistor, but down side is not linear.