Remote control documenter. For when I lose these non-standard remotes that come with various gadgets.
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stickless joystick (digital switch output)
Getting close with this controller. Added a “sidecar” to handle the jacks (U/D/L/R) — and that helps with orientation. No electronics in this one, just microswitches. If there’s interest, I can add in mounting tabs on the sides or mounting nuts on the bottom.
Adapting an led snow globe
it looked better on paper
Testing JOyCon Sticks With PogoPins
My hot air soldering skills are very much in the “novice” category, so I make sure to test each joystick breakout board before final soldering and mounting in the case. (Learned from hard experience.)
The re-used breakout I’m using is single row, .10″ on center, which happens to be the exact spacing of DB9/15/25 connectors. So, I stuck some pogo pins into a DB15 (because, why not — DB9 is fine), soldered the connector, and hooked it up to my test bed (which just runs the same joystick software with debug mode on).
I attach the “joycon” stick, hold the pogo pins to the board, open serial view, and move the stick around. If the values look good, I know it’s safe to proceed.