voltage divider

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voltage divider (plural voltage dividers)

(electronics) A type of simple electronic circuit which reduces any input voltage by a fixed factor using sources of impedance (such as resistors) connected in series.
Coordinate term: current divider

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I think the table formatting got clobbered by conversion to Word. raweb is exactly right that the table shows ADC readings for a voltage divider with different resistor values. Source: Internet

This is often either one or ten megohms ; the standardization of the input resistance allows the use of external high-resistance probes which form a voltage divider with the input resistance to extend voltage range up to tens of thousands of volts. Source: Internet

The primary benefit of a wheatstone bridge is its ability to provide extremely accurate measurements (in contrast with something like a simple voltage divider ). Source: Internet

Unless you intend to power something off of the 3.3V step-down, sensing a voltage divider resistor ladder is fine. Source: Internet

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