Joy stick addon as well?

[LoafSlice]

This is strange but could I wire a joy stick to the same u/d/l/r solders?

I kind of want to take apart a game boy SP and add a joystick to the game boy, might be cluttered but would be pretty darn sick

[petran1420]

I was considering this as well, though i've never wired an analog control before. Would it be as simple as hooking it up to analog ports on the teensy?

[Popcorn]

This might work:

https://www.sparkfun.com/products/9032

[sander]

Or maybe something more compact like this one?

[petran1420]

@sander that one looks ideal. Now if it only had a breakout board

[wermy]

@sander I have one just like that, and it's super easy to wire up and use on a Teensy. So yeah you could probably do it pretty easily -- one of the reasons I like using the Teensy for these projects.

The only reason I didn't do it, honestly, is that the Pi Zero doesn't play many systems that would benefit from it very much (i.e only a few N64 games are playable). Just something to keep in mind.

[petran1420]

@wermy would it just get wired into the analog ports of the teensy? I've never wired an analog control before.

[wermy]

@wermy would it just get wired into the analog ports of the teensy? I've never wired an analog control before.

Yep. There are 4 pins to wire up, and then some simple Arduino code to add to the Teensy sketch. You'd want to change it from doing keyboard events to doing gamepad events for the buttons too.

[petran1420]

Yep. There are 4 pins to wire up, and then some simple Arduino code to add to the Teensy sketch. You'd want to change it from doing keyboard events to doing gamepad events for the buttons too.

Sounds good. I'll try to find a guide online!

[wermy]

Yep. There are 4 pins to wire up, and then some simple Arduino code to add to the Teensy sketch. You'd want to change it from doing keyboard events to doing gamepad events for the buttons too.

Sounds good. I'll try to find a guide online!

I'll try to remember to post some sample code when I get home (as well as how I had it wired).