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Potentiometer, an Uncommon card
A potentiometer is a three-terminal resistor with a sliding or rotating contact that forms an adjustable voltage divider.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 70
- DEF
- 58
- Power
- 128
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 96,000
Power 128 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 65 % of WikiCards cards.
Potentiometer quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Potentiometer card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
If only two terminals are used, one end and the wiper, it acts as a ______ resistor or rheostat.
Answer
variable. If only two terminals are used, one end and the wiper, it acts as a variable resistor or rheostat. From the Potentiometer article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Lebesgue integral. Lebesgue integral 74 · Potentiometer 70 · George Everest 67 · Draco 64 ATK in WikiCards.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- In motion control systems, potentiometers are frequently used as position sensors to provide analog feedback to a controller, allowing for precise tracking of mechanical movement.
- If only two terminals are used, one end and the wiper, it acts as a variable resistor or rheostat.
- The measuring instrument called a potentiometer is essentially a voltage divider used for measuring electric potential, the component is an implementation of the same principle, hence its name.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Potentiometer article was read about 96,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 70 and blocks with 58: each hit it takes is cut by 23 %.
How to get Potentiometer
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Potentiometer (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Evan-Amos, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
