> -----Original Message-----
> From: piclist-bounces@mit.edu [mailto:piclist-bounces@mit.edu] On
Behalf
> Of Olin Lathrop
> Sent: 12 November 2010 18:02
> To: Microcontroller discussion list - Public.
> Subject: Re: [EE] Clutch for motorising a potentiometer
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> Michael Rigby-Jones wrote:
> > No, he didn't say that at all, I think you are being deliberately
> > obtuse here.
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> Actually he did.  His exact sentence was:
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>   "If you want to manually adjust the pot, you turn the knob and
>   the disks slip by each other allowing the pot to turn, but the
>   motor doesn't turn, therefore it doesn't offer any resistance
>   to movement."
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> It is quite clear that he thinks the motor offers less resistance
because
> it
> doesn't turn, when in fact if offers maximum resistance in that case.
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> > I suspect everyone but you realised that the OP means
> > that the action of the clutch slipping prevents the motor from
> > offering (too much) resistance to turning the knob.
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> Read what he said, not what you'd like to explain it away as.  I
thought
> at
> first it might have been unfortunate wording too, but then he tried
defend
> his statement instead of just saying "oops".

I did read what he said, and whilst it may not be described accurately,
in the context of the topic it's blindingly obvious to me what the OP
was trying to describe. =20

When you read something, do you simply take the literal meaning of all
the words, or do you apply a bit of thought and apply context to them?

Regards

Mike

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