problem with Joystick (ID: 480)

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problem with Joystick (ID: 480)

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Good morning,

I ordered a small arcade joystick [ID: 480] a few weeks back, and as I'm trying to test everything to get my project working, I have come to the conclusion that there's a problem with the joystick.

I'm using a raspberry Pi B+ rev 1.2, and I managed to get up, down and right working, but left just won't work. I tried to remap it to a different GPIO pin (and changed the retrogame device driver), changed the wire, etc, nothing works.

Once I had the right side working, I also tried inverting the two wires (right and left), and the problem kept happening with the joystick's left control.

The control does click when I move the joystick left, it just won't send any signal to my raspberry Pi.

Thanks for the help!

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Re: problem with Joystick (ID: 480)

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Once I had the right side working, I also tried inverting the two wires (right and left), and the problem kept happening with the joystick's left control.
Sounds like a defect in the left microswitch. Please contact [email protected] with a link to this thread for a replacement.

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Re: problem with Joystick (ID: 480)

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Thanks.

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