If your potentiometer is worn, it may be impossible.  Well, it'll smooth 
out the "noise" but you could leave your pot at the 50% position and it 
reads as 80% just because the static resistance is bad not just the 
moving resistance.

Danny

Info wrote:
> Hi, I have a linear potentiometer that gives out about 3v p-p noise when
> moved. This noise must be suppressed so the signal can be read by
> an 12bit 0-10v A/D input. Ideal would be if the noise could be suppressed 
> below 0.01v That might not be possible in real world? If not, I can live 
> with 0.03v
>
>
> This is how its connected:
> 24vDC --- 12k resistor --- 5k lin. pot. --- 0vDC
> Output from the 5k lin. pot goes into the A/D input (100kohm)
>
> What would be the simplest way to smooth out the noise on the pot. output?
> A cap (size?) in parallel with the pot's output?
>
> TIA.
>
>
>   

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