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one potentiometer dividing multiple signals

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In my analog computer setup, a very common thing is to use
potentiometers as coefficients, i.e., as voltage dividers that attenuate
an input signal. But something wasteful about this is that sometimes
multiple different signals have to be divided by the same coefficient —
for example, dividing various forces by the mass of the object. So, I
have to use multiple potentiometers for that, and I have to keep them
set to the same value.

So, I was wondering what would be the simplest analog approach to get
around this problem, without having to use expensive
multiplier/dividers. Maybe just have one potentiometer connected to a
bunch of cheap transistors? 

-- 
Christopher Howard

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one potentiometer dividing multiple signals Christopher Howard <christopher@librehacker.com> - 2026-03-16 07:21 -0800
  Re: one potentiometer dividing multiple signals Martin Brown <'''newspam'''@nonad.co.uk> - 2026-03-16 15:45 +0000
  Re: one potentiometer dividing multiple signals "Edward Rawde" <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2026-03-16 11:50 -0400
  Re: one potentiometer dividing multiple signals john larkin <jl@glen--canyon.com> - 2026-03-16 09:42 -0700
  Re: one potentiometer dividing multiple signals Don Y <blockedofcourse@foo.invalid> - 2026-03-16 09:54 -0700
  Re: one potentiometer dividing multiple signals liz@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid (Liz Tuddenham) - 2026-03-16 20:03 +0000
    Re: one potentiometer dividing multiple signals liz@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid (Liz Tuddenham) - 2026-03-19 10:01 +0000
  Re: one potentiometer dividing multiple signals antispam@fricas.org (Waldek Hebisch) - 2026-03-17 21:28 +0000
    Re: one potentiometer dividing multiple signals Christopher Howard <christopher@librehacker.com> - 2026-03-18 08:25 -0800
      Re: one potentiometer dividing multiple signals John R Walliker <jrwalliker@gmail.com> - 2026-03-18 16:34 +0000
      Re: one potentiometer dividing multiple signals Martin Brown <'''newspam'''@nonad.co.uk> - 2026-03-19 12:42 +0000
        Re: one potentiometer dividing multiple signals Christopher Howard <christopher@librehacker.com> - 2026-03-19 11:51 -0800
          Re: one potentiometer dividing multiple signals john larkin <jl@glen--canyon.com> - 2026-03-19 13:16 -0700
          Re: one potentiometer dividing multiple signals liz@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid (Liz Tuddenham) - 2026-03-19 22:18 +0000
          Re: one potentiometer dividing multiple signals Jasen Betts <usenet@revmaps.no-ip.org> - 2026-03-20 07:29 +0000
          Re: one potentiometer dividing multiple signals liz@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid (Liz Tuddenham) - 2026-03-20 09:05 +0000
      Re: one potentiometer dividing multiple signals Jasen Betts <usenet@revmaps.no-ip.org> - 2026-03-20 07:25 +0000
        Re: one potentiometer dividing multiple signals liz@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid (Liz Tuddenham) - 2026-03-20 09:05 +0000
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  Re: one potentiometer dividing multiple signals liz@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid (Liz Tuddenham) - 2026-03-19 18:44 +0000
  Re: one potentiometer dividing multiple signals Jasen Betts <usenet@revmaps.no-ip.org> - 2026-03-20 07:12 +0000
  Re: one potentiometer dividing multiple signals john larkin <jl@glen--canyon.com> - 2026-03-20 09:08 -0700
    Re: one potentiometer dividing multiple signals Ross Finlayson <ross.a.finlayson@gmail.com> - 2026-03-20 11:52 -0700
    Re: one potentiometer dividing multiple signals Christopher Howard <christopher@librehacker.com> - 2026-03-23 09:09 -0800
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