The Use of Joystick Sensor

Outline Microduino-Joystick sensor is equipped with a two-way analog output interface. Its output values correspond to offsets on both the X-axis and Y-axis. It is small and beautiful. Specification Electrical specification Analog Output from Sensor Output Value Returned: 0-1023 Tech parameters Detect displacement on both X- and Y-axis directions. Size Size of the switch: 17mm*17mm， Size of the board: 20mm*24mm Interface Pin Description: GND, VCC, signal 1 output, and signal 2 output which is the analog signal and needs to use analog interface to detect (A0-A7). Y-axis corresponds to signal 1 output and the Y-axis corresponds to signal 2 output. 400px Development Equipment Module Number Function mCookie-CoreUSB 1 Core board mCookie-Hub 1 Sensor pin board Microduino-Joystick 1 Joystick sensor Other Hardware Equipment One USB cable 600px Preparation Setup 1：Connect Microduino-Joystick and the Hub 's A0 and A1 analog ports. 600px Setup 2：Stack the CoreUSB, Hub and Light together and then connect them to the computer with a USB cable. 600px Experiment: Detect Analog Brightness Value Open Arduino IDE and copy the following code into IDE. #define Pin_X A1 #define Pin_Y A0 void setup() { Serial.begin(9600); //Serial initializing pinMode(Pin_X,INPUT); pinMode(Pin_Y,INPUT); } void loop() { int sensorValueX = analogRead(Pin_X); //X-axis input int sensorValueY = analogRead(Pin_Y); //Y-axis input Serial.print("ValueX:"); Serial.print(sensorValueX); Serial.print(","); Serial.print("ValueY:"); Serial.println(sensorValueY); delay(100); } Select the right board from Tools→Serial Port in Arduino IDE and download the program. After the download, you can open the serial monitor. The displayed note reflects the current displacement analog values on both X-and Y-axis. Result The right shift value decrease on the X-axis, close to zero while the left shift value increases and gets close to 1,023. The top shift value decrease on the Y-axis, close to zero while the downward shift value increases and gets close to 1,023. Program Debugging Use“analogRead(XX);” to read sensor's input analog value and judge the displacement on both the X-axis and Y-axis. Application To control object movement in two-dimensional space. Game joystick Video