Add an analog stick

[Bloob]

I was browsing amazon for parts for a mintypi and out of curiosity I searched up a 3ds analog stick there were quite a few. It had a slim 4pin ribbon connectors coming out the side, I was thinking what if we could insert the analog stick below the dpad because all we would need is a ribbon connector clip thing on the control board right? Here's a link: https://www.amazon.ca/Assecure-replacem ... eplacement

[dryja123]

I was browsing amazon for parts for a mintypi and out of curiosity I searched up a 3ds analog stick there were quite a few. It had a slim 4pin ribbon connectors coming out the side, I was thinking what if we could insert the analog stick below the dpad because all we would need is a ribbon connector clip thing on the control board right? Here's a link: https://www.amazon.ca/Assecure-replacem ... eplacement

Hey, welcome to the community! This topic has been covered on some previous threads. I believe the difficulty lies in wiring up the analog stick to the GPIO ports to the Raspberry Pi and getting it to function properly.

[wermy]

Yep there are two problems: the library we're using for GPIO input simply emulates a keyboard, which wouldn't work well at all for an analog input. There may be other options out there for this, though. The other issue is there is not much room for the base of the stick. You only have (I think) like 3.5mm to work with.

[Bloob]

Right thanks