Joystick and picaxe 28X1

vince086 · January 10, 2009, 7:29am

Here is a pick of and old joystick from a 360 or ps controler,

I have 2 questions, the thigs on the side that sens the position are they potentiometer ? and would a chip like a picaxe or some other one be able to interpret the signal coming to it ?

fritsl · January 10, 2009, 7:49am

Yes
Yes

vince086 · January 10, 2009, 9:29am

thanks for the reply, so im

thanks for the reply, so im guessing these would be analogue imputs?

brooksware2000 · January 10, 2009, 10:36am

you are correct. If you
you are correct. If you are using a PicAxe or Parallax product there are examples on how to read the value of a potentiometer