Simple right? Now just multiply 555’s for how many axis you need and you have a simple analog joystick. Apple //s, and IBMs work like this, and use a 556 dual timer (one, two axis joystick ...

which more typically used a kludge to read joysticks in an analog manner. [MaZderMind] managed to reverse engineer this protocol, and implemented the interface on an AVR microcontroller.

The Switch 2 Pro Controller will also have two extra buttons not found on the Joy-Con 2. These buttons, GL and GR, can be assigned to any button input the player wants, whether it's something ...

The Xbox Adaptive Joystick is available now, and it can be used as a companion to the Xbox Adaptive Controller.

If you're not going to pull the trigger on one of the best joysticks for PC, you might want a pro controller with some decent analog sticks, since they'll be the next best thing. There are a few ...

Standard controllers, such as the official Xbox controller and PS5 DualSense, use potentiometers within the analog joysticks ...