TinkerKit Joystick

Overview

The

Joystick module

is similar to analog joysticks found in gamepads. It is made made by mounting two

potentiometers at a 90 degrees angle. The potentiometers are connected to a short stick centered by springs.

Output

: This module will output roughly 2.5 volts from both outputs when in its resting position. Moving the stick will

cause the outputs to change from 0v to 5v depending on

its direction. If you connect this module to an Arduino

through the Tinkerkit Shield, you can expect to read a value of roughly 512 in its resting position (expect small

variations due to tiny imprecisions of the springs and me

chanism) When you move the joystick you should see the

values change from 0 to 1023 depending on its position.

Module Description

: This module features two 4k7 Ohm linear potentiometers, two standard TinkerKit 3pin

connector, two signal amplifiers, a green LED that signals

that the module is correctly powered and two yellow LED

whose brightness depends on the values output by the module.

This module is a

SENSOR

. Its connectors are

OUTPUTs

which must be be connected to two of the

INPUT

connectors on the TinkerKit Shield.