From: peter2@hipson.net   
      
   On Thu, 12 Jun 2008 13:07:45 -0700, GeoSound    
   wrote:   
      
   >Am thinking about building an electronic sextant that would provide near   
   >centimeter accuracy.  This would mean a degree should be partitioned to   
   >about 400,000 steps.  Was considering using a pot and 5v to feed an A/D   
   >but on reflection think that a single turn pot would not be clean enough   
   >for that many steps.  Would someone confirm this for me.  Use of a   
   >multi-turn pot requires gears which would be too expensive due to their   
   >very critical meshing needed.  Thanx, Ron   
      
   None of this makes any sense at all. 1 CM where? 400,000 steps how?   
   Accuracy? (Undefined, right?) You want cheap, then ask the Chinese to   
   create it for you.   
      
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