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| Digipot MCP4018 Breakout |
This library drives Soldered's digital potentiometer breakout, built around Microchip's MCP4018: 128 discrete resistance steps set over I2C (default address 0x2F), with no physical rotating part. The board is sold in four resistance variants sharing the same design and driver:
| Variant | SKU |
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| 5k | 333090 |
| 10k | 333091 |
| 50k | 333092 |
| 100k | 333093 |
It operates from 1.8V-5V, measures 22x22mm, and has dual Qwiic connectors for daisy-chaining. Part of the Qwiic ecosystem.
After installing the mpremote package, install the library on your board using the following command:
mpremote mip install github:SolderedElectronics/Soldered-MCP4018-MicroPython-LibraryOr, if you're running a Windows OS:
python -m mpremote mip install github:SolderedElectronics/Soldered-MCP4018-MicroPython-Library- mcp4018.py - MicroPython driver class
- package.json - mip install manifest
- /Examples - examples for using the library
You can find hardware design for this board in the Digipot MCP4018 breakout hardware repository (available in 5k/10k/50k/100k variants).
Access library documentation here.
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