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A typical problem related to the fan speed is the resistances selection.
Here in the following a simple procedure for calculating them.
1) Find the
Voltage
(Required)
= V
Req
for achieving the
Speed
(Desired)
using the diagram
Signal/Speed of figure 14.
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In figure 15 is shown the behavior of the analog voltage signal increasing the potentiometer value.
Fig.15 – Effect of the potentiometer value on the analog signal