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Questions tagged [joystick]

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How to connect to a PCB an arcade push buttons that is the combination of two other arcade buttons

I am building an arcade controller that has 4 buttons as Left/Down/Right/Up digital directions, and I want to add 4 other buttons that would be Down-Left, Down-Right, Up-Left and Up-Right. All buttons are connected to a PCB with digital pins for…
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4 Pins Potentiometer (Replacement)

I am trying to repair a very expensive manlift joystick. It has 4 pins total, three like a normal rotary potentiometer and then a fourth across from the other three pins. It is PEO 284-04378 Type EJ pot. It has another number stamped "5k 1342" The…
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Hall-effect sensor joystick problem

I'm trying to control a 3-axis stepper motor motion system using a 3-axis Hall-effect sensor joystick (the APEM HF Series joystick, to be specific). My problem is that whenever I move the joystick in the x-direction, I pick up a signal like I have…
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Are these trim potentiometer measurements expected?

I am trying to replace a 2-D analog joystick assembly that no longer works, because I dropped it. The assembly looks just like the one pictured in this forum post. My question is about the trim potentiometers in the assembly. I removed each of the…
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can you re-center xbox one joystick potentiometer by reducing resistance between wiper and one of the pins?

Modern game consoles are beset by "joystick drift" which is due to their potentiometer's readout being unbalanced when the pot is at its physical 50% point (that is, when no force is applied to the joystick). By unbalanced I mean the resistance from…
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How to detect pinout of trackpoint (probably ps/2) module?

I have following trackpoint module of recent thinkpad x390. There are some info about older modules, most useful(combined) one is: https://deskthority.net/wiki/TrackPoint_Hardware However, i found no info about this trackpoint module (which seems …
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Fixing SMD joystick button to PCB

I have ordered some of these small joystick buttons and I'm not sure if they will be properly fixed just with the 6 soldering points, as you do some latteral pressure to action them. If I create a custom footprint in Kicad I could consider these…
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Speed control actuator in a two-actuator setup, joystick controlled

I have two 12 VDC actuators connected to a 4-position joystick. I need to be able to control the speed of one actuator only; the other will run at full speed. Could you draw and/or explain how I could to wire a 12 VDC speed controller into this…
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Adafruit Feather reading analog data incorrectly

I have some dead simple code for reading the x and y analog values from my Arduino joystick module. It works fine on my Arduino Mega 2560, but Adafruit Feather nRF52832 reads the analog signal completely incorrectly. const int x_pin = 4; const int…
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Question on load cell amp HX711

How do you make a load cell's amp HX711 measure both positive and negative values, or how do you set the center value for it? The main point is how to set the reference voltage (?) or something else so it can work like a joystick axis set it the…
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Centering joystick potentiometers in a controller

I've replaced a joystick in my Dual Shock 4 controller, because it was getting stuck. The readings of the new joystick are offset to right and down. I've read that you can recenter the readings by reseting the controller but that didn't work. I was…
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Unable to read output of a joystick on a Raspberry Pi

I connected my joystick with this tutorial: link However, it does not work. The code runs fine (after changing print "---" to print("---") to support modern python), but the output values stay at 0. X : 0 Y : 0 Switch : 0 This is my circuit. I…
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Help replacing a physical joystick for motor control with a LabView program

I'd like to start by acknowledging the similarity of this question to this one, but I really need a more basic, step-by-step explanation. I am trying to help a student in my lab design a program to remotely operate an instrument (necessitated by the…
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Beginner: How to wire up a navigation button / joystick?

I have a joystick that I wish to connect to my Arduino uno. However, there's no VCC or 5V or GND pins to connect to. I do see a COM pin, but I'm unsure how I should wire that to the Arduino. My objective is to take an input that determines whether…
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Fail-safe joystick connection

I am looking for ideas to implement fail-safe function in joystick control box. At present, the 5V joystick HF11S10 is connected to STM32 ADC inputs via simple 5.1k:9.1k divider. We are revising the schematics to conform to all requirements for…
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