Lesson 40 · Plotting a potentiometer

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A button only knows how to say two things: pressed or not. A potentiometer responds with all the values in between: it's an analog input.

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Set the Delay to one thousand and notice how the ramp turns into a staircase; then add a second box that only stores the reading when it goes above fifty, so the graph only shows you the top half.

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