It's all about the relative failure rate. My understanding is that drift can and does happen on pretty much any non-Hall joystick, but that the Switch Joy-Cons were ...

Here, we introduce analog pointing devices (hereinafter called APDs) that use Hall sensors, to enable free movement of the cursor on screens for portable device, etc. There has been a growing demand ...

This Reference Design describes the design of a 3-phase BLDC (Brushless DC) motor drive, which supports Freescale's 56F801X Digital Signal Controllers, dedicated motor control devices. The ...

Controllers with Hall effect technology have been gaining ground in recent years, and for good reason. They offer greater precision and customization options than first-party gamepads, and the nature ...

Vertical Hall sensors, integrated within standard CMOS processes, have emerged as versatile components for magnetic field measurements in a range of industrial and consumer applications. These devices ...

Members can download this article in PDF format. High-voltage systems including electric vehicles, industrial robots, communications infrastructure equipment, and renewable-energy installations often ...

Keyboard enthusiasts looking to pick up their next high-end board now have a choice to make: magnetic or mechanical? It's true that Hall effect keyboards, which use magnets and sensors rather than ...

Hardware You can forget battery anxiety because the best wired Hall effect controller is down around its lowest ever price in the Cyber Monday sales Controllers My beloved Razer PC controller is ...

Have you ever found yourself battling against your own controller rather than the game itself? Joystick drift is a common issue that plagues many PS5 users, causing characters to move without any ...

Mobile gaming controllers can be hit or miss, and often that comes down to the feel and comfort of holding it, a problem which the Elo Vagabond controller is hoping to fix. Dubbed the controller ...

A NIMS research team has developed a new experimental method capable of rapidly evaluating numerous material compositions by ...

I’m admittedly not huge Switch fan, but my kids are - we have 1 original and 2 lites in our household. But as more details arise, the Switch 2 is less and less compelling. Let’s call it $500 (trariff ...