Small Arcade Joystick (product 480)

[adafruit_support_bill]

Add this to your code after the digitalRead statements. Then look at the output on the Serial Monitor when you move the joystick.

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Serial.print("1-");
Serial.print(state1);
Serial.print(" 2-");
Serial.print(state2);
Serial.print(" 3-");
Serial.print(state3);
Serial.print(" 4-");
Serial.print(state4);

[mscholl]

I keep getting an error message saying that serial doesnot have a name type

[mscholl]

oops that would be serial does not name a type

[mscholl]

Ok, got it going, but there is a never ending line going really fast with repeating "4-0-1 3-1 2-1 " It does not appear to change numbers when I press the joystick......

[adafruit_support_bill]

Change the last "print" to a "println"and add a delay. That should make the output easier to follow:

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Serial.print("1-");
Serial.print(state1);
Serial.print(" 2-");
Serial.print(state2);
Serial.print(" 3-");
Serial.print(state3);
Serial.print(" 4-");
Serial.println(state4);
delay(250);

[mscholl]

at rest and when I push the joystick forward I get: 1-1 2-1 3-1 4-0
when I push backward, I get 1-1 2-0 3-1 4-0
when I want to go right I get 1-0 2-1 3-1 4-0
when I want to go left I get 1-1 2-1 3-0 4-0

[adafruit_support_bill]

So switch #4 seems to be stuck closed. Double check your wiring. Make sure you don't have any short-circuits and everything is connected to the right pins.

[mscholl]

I wired a different digital joystick and still no success. So then I took the wire to pin13 and moved it to pin 6. (seem to remember reading that pin13 is "special") Then I switched out pin 13 in the program for pin 6. AND IT WORKED!!!! But only in 3 directions, and the last was wanting to turn, but not well. I added the extra battery pack, since it did not seem like I was getting enough power with just the USB plugged in, and now it works in all directions. Now I just need to figure out how to hard wire it in.....So what is funky about pin13? Thanks for all your help!

[adafruit_support_bill]

Pin 13 on many Arduinos is connected to the on-board LED. That can affect readings when in INPUT mode.

Good to hear it is working for you now. Thanks for the follow-up.