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pillowhead YaBB Newbies Offline Posts: 21	reversing numbers coming in from pot Oct 17th, 2005, 5:05am   Hello. I have a pot spitting data into Processng.. actually its a number range between 0 and 1024. However the way the pot turns, it is sort of backwards relating to the objects it controls in Processing. Is it simple division? or something else? Much appreciation!

cello Full Member Offline Posts: 143	Re: reversing numbers coming in from pot Reply #1 - Oct 17th, 2005, 6:54am   Maybe do 1024 - number? Not really sure what you mean by "pot," could you clarify? Marcello

pillowhead YaBB Newbies Offline Posts: 21	Re: reversing numbers coming in from pot Reply #2 - Oct 17th, 2005, 9:09am   Ya the subtraction is what I needed. Been up all night trying to get this finished, so I'm certainly fried Anyway, sorry for the stupid question.. hehe Also a Pot is a common term for a potentiometer. It's basically a variable resistor that has a knob or dial of some kind.