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|   January  8, 2009 at 3:42 PM

Sweet!

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|   January  8, 2009 at 5:07 PM

Could we have a datasheet for this? Thanks!

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|   January 10, 2009 at 2:18 PM

Do you really need a datasheet? it's two potentiometers and a button...

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|   January 11, 2009 at 4:49 PM

Thanks for your explanation Captain Obvious but I am more interested in the mechanical dimensions bit of the datasheet, so I can create a footprint out of it while I wait for them to be delivered, not all of us use Eagle you know...

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|   January 17, 2009 at 7:23 AM

Well, as long as I'm the captain, I figured I'd throw it into Eagle for you and get some dimensions while we wait. Assuming the center of the part is the origin, pins are at the following dimensions:

Mounting (.045" holes for mounting)
x y
-0.3 -0.26
0.3 -0.26
0.3 0.26
-0.3 0.26

Pot1 (.025" holes)

-0.4 0.1
-0.4 0.0
-0.4 -0.1

Pot2 (.025" holes)

-0.1 -0.4
0.0 -0.4
0.1 -0.4

Switch1 (.025" holes)

-0.12 0.3
0.13 0.3
0.13 0.5
-0.12 0.5

Hope that helps -

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|   January 28, 2009 at 2:06 AM

Very nice component, I hope you will restock them.

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|   February  5, 2009 at 7:50 AM

This looks like the datasheet, http://www.p3america.com/pp/802.htm.

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|   March  9, 2009 at 2:29 PM

Wow! Yep - that looks just like the one we sell. They are ever so slightly different, but same dimensionally.

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|   February 20, 2009 at 0:28 AM

Is it spring loaded "return-to-center"?
A fair amount of effort in the RC community has been taking pots from the PS2 controllers and REMOVING that capability (traditionally on a dual-stick RC, your "turn" joystick is spring loaded, but the "throttle" joystick isn't. Or something like that...)

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|   March  9, 2009 at 2:30 PM

Yes - spring loaded. Unit returns to center.

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|   June  2, 2009 at 7:08 PM

It's spring loaded, but the spring can be removed without too much difficulty by popping the back off and pulling the spring. Without the spring it's pretty lose. Not so bad that it'll move without being touched, but if I was wearing it and I jumped, it would definitely move. There might be a simple way to add friction to the system, but for my application I didn't need it.

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|   March  7, 2009 at 8:32 PM

I bought one of these to replace a busted one in a wireless XBOX 360 controller and it works perfectly! These are exactly the same as the ones in the 360 controller and even the original xbox and Dual-shock PS1/2/3 controllers. This is the only site that I could find that sells these. I was able to repair a $50 controller for $4! Thanks for carrying these guys!

If you're interested in how to fix one I made an Instrucable on Instructables.com. You can see it here:

http://www.instructables.com/id/How_to_replace_a_broken_analog_joystick_on_an_XBOX/

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|   September 12, 2009 at 2:47 PM

I should mention this does not work with the PS3 six-axis, while basically identical the footprint on the six-axis is slightly smaller such that it won't line up correctly. I have not tried a ps3 dual-shock yet.

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|   June 16, 2009 at 9:10 PM

While out of stock, you can get a playstation joystick at ebay for about $7 including shipping. Remember the playstation joystick came with 2 analog joysticks, and also 2 vibration motors. Maybe you can find something useful to do with the motors.
A GIANT bristlebot? (http://www.evilmadscientist.com/article.php/bristlebot)
Or maybe some sex toy :P

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|   July 30, 2009 at 3:21 PM

When will these be back in stock?

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|   September  5, 2009 at 1:31 PM

This thumbstick is EXACTLY the same as the one out of a PS2 controller. I didnt buy this 1 but I bought the breakout board sold here on sparkfun for it and used a thumbstick I removed from an old PS2 controller. They really are exactly the same. I also made a quick video if anyone wants to see it in action: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvvu--1sdhg

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|   January  2, 2010 at 11:03 AM

In case anyone's interested, I built a library for the arduino for this part. It's hosted on google code @ http://code.google.com/p/arduino-joystick/

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|   January  9, 2010 at 3:22 PM

Are these actually 10kohm pots? I have a pair, and they center at 3.5 kohms and range from 200 ohms to almost 5k ohms.