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[normanmedi]

Hi, everyone, I have a PCB with one ordinary slider potentiometers and I want to replace it with a 512 step Sparkfun capacitive touchpad (AN0040). Can anyone guide me on that? I do not know how I can do this and I am in need of help and assistance by someone who is skilled on it.
Regards
Norman

[DanV]

I am not skilled on it ...
however, there is a complete tutorial on the subject here:
https://learn.sparkfun.com/tutorials/to ... okup-guide

or use google to find topics:
"replace potentiometer with capacitive touchpad"

[n1ist]

The big question is what the potentiometer is connected to? If it's a simple voltage divider feeding a microprocessor, that's easy. Otherwise, it can be anywhere from a little work to next-to impossible...