reinaldo@IHUG.CO.NZ wrote:

>sorry i was very vague
>the headlight motor is a simple DC motor, and i'm going to
>fit a resitor pot to the headlight to measure the angle of
>the headlight, say this pot gives me 80 when the light is
>down and 200 when fully open, the pot in the dash will give
>0 to 255 ofcourse.
>

Just add resistors in series to the top and bottom of the dash pot.
This will give you your reduced range when the A-D reads it.
Either fixed resistors or preset pots will do the trick. Simple.
David...

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