Illuminated potentiometer?

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Anyone know parts people are using to illuminate a clear knob like this?

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A LED perhaps??? :D

Most likely combined with a pot with a plastic, tansparent, shaft.
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Dirk_Hendrik wrote:A LED perhaps??? :D
Radioactive knobs?. :mrgreen:
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OK, maybe that example is a little over saturated, but there are a number of manufacturers that seem to use some kind of a transparent pot that has an LED built in so it shines through the clear knobs:
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Thanks marshmallow! Awesome!

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my pleasure :roll:
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