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 The digital [RP2354 and TAC5112-based guitar
 pedal](https://github.com/torvalds/GuitarPedal) actually does work, even
 if I'm not thrilled about some of my analog interface choices (ie the
-pots in particular, and I'm growing to hate the clicky footswitch even
+potentiometers in particular, and I'm growing to hate the clicky footswitch even
 if I do love how it also doubles as a boot selector switch for
 programming).