The experimenters pot

The experimenters pot is a solid state potentiometer using Dallas semiconductors

DS1869 and Nationals LM78L05 two electrolytic capacitor two small push button
switch and two optional Molex connector. this project is very useful especially in
finding the right value of resistor in your experiments, you can attach this circuit to
your next project that uses a pot or trimmer cause there are three types of DS1869
these are:
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DS1869-10 which is 10K

DS1869-50 a 50K version
DS1869-100 the 100K version

As you can see, the circuit is powered from a 9V power supply (actually any 9V
power source will work, as long as the current rating is not less than 25mA) stepped
down to 5V by the LM78L05 IC and two filter capacitor one for the input and one
for the output, the wiper arms position is stepped by pressing SW2 for adding the
resistance of wiper arm to high terminal and SW1 for decreasing just like an
ordinary mechanical potentiometer adding the resistance to high terminal decreases
the resistance to low terminal.

Parts List:
C1
C2
U1
U2
SW1,SW2

10uF/16V Electrolytic capacitor

0.01uF/50V Ceramic capacitor
LM78L05
DS1869 (see notes)
Small push button switch

Notes:
The maximum
wiper current allowed through the DS1869 is only 1 milliamps.
There are three types of DS1869
DS1869-10 use this chip if you want to make a 10K version
DS1869-50 for a 50K version pot.
DS1869-100 for the 100K version

the schematic and the board is drawn using expresspcb it is available for download
you can etch your own PCB using TTM (Toner Transfer Method) or you can order
your boards at http://www.expresspcb.com/