Joystick

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So I was trying to figure out how a joystick works without looking at any schems or doing any research and this is what I've come up with. Two potentiometers. the top is the x axis and the bottom is the y axis. Linked together mechanically I believe would make a functional joystick. What do you guys think? Also I was wondering if there was a way to do it using capacitance that would be more efficient instead of having constant current through the pots. Looking forward to any comments. - Jolly

published 11 years ago

Igor

11 years ago

Amazing + 1

njolico

11 years ago

Thanks igor.

faceblast

11 years ago

that's actually pretty close; if you look into an Xbox controller you'll see that the joysticks are just shoving trimpots back and forth

ETJAKEOC

11 years ago

Beautiful +2

lelox93

11 years ago

This is so cool, like it!

gravityx

11 years ago

Wow thats really something

TheeAldeen

11 years ago

Great friggin' job :")

CorneliaXaos

10 years ago

This is similar to how I though joysticks worked, with two potentiometers coupled together. I was actually gonna try making one with an arduino one day just for kicks.

cety2001

9 years ago

That is how a joystick acthilly work.

nazar15t

4 years ago

👍

nazar15t

4 years ago

💥

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