You can say goodbye to Joy-Con drift forever, as the Switch 2 will reportedly come with Hall Effect thumbsticks.

He built this set of no-contact limit switches using a hall effect sensor. The small black package sticking out past the end of the protoboard is the sensor. It is used to detect a magnetic field.

Joy-Con drift has affected the Nintendo Switch since its launch in 2017, and despite revisions in the Joy-Con internals, it’s ...

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The first video below lays the basic groundwork, with a bunch of experiments with 3-axis Hall effect sensors, specifically the Texas Instruments TMAG5273 and TMAG5170. They’re essentially the ...

The day we've been waiting for has finally arrived. Nintendo has officially revealed the Switch 2, and its Joy-Cons are ...

The current Joy-Con controllers on the Nintendo Switch are cute, but woefully inadequate for serious gaming. The first issue ...

Allegro MicroSystems has announced the launch of two new current sensor ICs - the ACS37030MY and the ACS37220MZ.

NextHandheld also claims the Switch 2’s Joy-Con controllers will have Hall-effect joysticks ... t require physical contact between their sensor components, making them much more reliable ...