This is a touch sensitive joystick designed be Ron Nelson intended to be used with the Xbox Adaptive Controller (XAC). This device is a more affordable option to many commercial joysticks and trackpads on the market. This is a USB joystick that can be plugged into either the left, or right USB joystick of the XAC.
Project Page Link: https://www.makersmakingchange.com/s/product/touchpad-joystick/
The Bill of Materials lists all of the parts and components required to build the Touchpad Joystick. The electronic components may be available locally, but will probably need to be ordered online.
Print the components for the switch tester case and choose an option for the case.
All of the files and individual print files can be in the /Build_Files/3D_Printing_Files folder.
Reference the assembly guide for the tools and steps required to build each portion.
| Document | Version | Link |
|---|---|---|
| Design Rationale | 1.0 | Touchpad_Joystick_Design_Rationale |
| Bill of Materials | 1.0 | Touchpad_Joystick_BOM |
| Assembly Guide | 1.0 | Touchpad_Joystick_Assembly_Guide |
| Maker Checklist | 1.0 | Touchpad_Joystick_Checklist |
| User Quick Guide | 1.0 | Touchpad_Joystick_User_Quick_Guide |
| Changelog | 1.0 | Touchpad_Joystick_Changelog |
Everything needed or used to design, make, test, or prepare the Touchpad Joystick is licensed under the CERN 2.0 Weakly Reciprocal license https://ohwr.org/project/cernohl/wikis/Documents/CERN-OHL-version-2 (CERN-OHL-W).
All software is under the GNU General Public License v3.0 (GPL-3.0).
Accompanying material such as instruction manuals, videos, and other copyrightable works that are useful but not necessary to design, make, test, or prepare the Touchpad Joystick are published under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ (CC BY-SA 4.0).
The original design was created by Ron Nelson under an MIT License
The documentation template was created by Neil Squire / Makers Making Change and is used under a CC BY-SA 4.0 license. It is available at the following link: https://github.com/makersmakingchange/OpenAT-Template
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