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Re:555 Timer Circuits by 15155 on Sunday October 20, 2024 @05:14AM (#41894102)
Voltage dividers are still commonly used in MCU-laden designs, as are RC timing circuits.

(The power supply sitting next to that MCU has a divider-based feedback loop, usually.)

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Re:555 Timer Circuits by wkjagt on Sunday October 20, 2024 @06:39AM (#41894456)
A potentiometer is a simple voltage divider, and I think often used as an input to the ADC of an MCU, as a means of turning some some value up or down.
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