Published on 12/23/2004
Varatouch has released the reference design of the world's smallest joystick.
The new device aim mobile devices such as portable gaming consoles, cellphones, GPS and any other application that requires a User Interface. It's also low-cost and low-power, two critical requirements for consumer electronics.
The usability should be excellent, as it offers full analog control. Older joysticks work with an on/off switch for each direction. With this joystick, the applications could measure the force exercised on the controller and act accordingly, giving a much finer grain to the control.
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