An alternative joystick solution is the as5013 hall effect ic from ams which uses a tiny moving magnet to determine x y position.
Hall effect sensor joystick mod.
The design is such that any degradation to the led light sources by time or temperature are compensated by a patented redundant differential light sensor design within the optical joystick thus having zero effect on its reliability or durability.
Posted by 10 months ago.
Step files are.
My x52 last all of 2 years before the sensors just stopped working and started giving super jittery and completely inaccurate inputs in both the throttle and the stick.
Joystick mod hall effect sensors in a logitech 3d pro.
Attempting project found here.
Looking to have small parts printed for mounting the magnets and sensors inside the joystick.
Hall effect joystick have many variant.
A third hall effect sensor is used to measure a throttle stick positioned on the side of the box.
An arduino micro reads the sensors and converts the analog signal to usb.
This a special version of arduino that can emulate as a usb hid joystick.
In order to compatible with arduino it should be powered by 5v and output 2 axis analog values in the range within 0 5v.