Arduino Beginner Experiments: Arduino and Joystick module

HELLO THERE!!!

  How are you guys? I hope everyone is fine and in a good mood always. Sorry for the late this week guys as i am a bit busy with my work. So, this week, I would like to share with you guys a simple experiment on arduino and joystick module, In this experiment, our objective is to read the analog and digital values from the joystick. Without wasting any time, let's jump into it.

HARDWARE:
1.Arduino UNO

2.Joystick Module

SOFTWARE:

1. Arduino IDE

CIRCUIT ASSEMBLY

There are 5 pins on the joystick module. The pins are GND,5V,VRx(x movement),VRy(y movement), and SW(button). The connections of these pins to the Arduino is depicted as below:

Joystick Module ---------------> Arduino

GND                                             GND

5V                                                  5V

VRx                                                A0 (or any analog pin)

VRy                                                A1 (or any analog pin)

SW                                                Digital Pin 2 (or any digital pin)

The Schematic of Circuit

CODING THE ARDUINO

The code is shown as below:

int vx = A0; //connect VRx to analog pin 0

int vy = A1; //connect VRy to analog pin 1

int but = 2; //Connect SW to digital pin 2

int valx;

int valy;

int vbut;// initialize variables

void setup() {

  pinMode(but, INPUT);//set the SW pin(button) as input

  digitalWrite(but, HIGH);//set initial high

  Serial.begin(9600);//baud rate is set at 9600 bos

  

}

void loop() {

  valx = analogRead(vx);//read VRx,VRy and button value

  valy = analogRead(vy);

  vbut = digitalRead(but);

  Serial.print(valx);

  Serial.print(",");

  Serial.print(valy);

  Serial.print(",");

  Serial.print(vbut);

  Serial.println("  ");//print those values

  delay(1000);//delay for a second

  

}

 Upload the code to the Arduino and see the results!!. Move your joystick around and observe the values of VRx and VRy changing. Also test the button of the joystick by clicking it. I had screen captured the result as shown below:

Results obtained

Well,that's all from me, guys. I hope I can make it this week with another post in which I am planning to use the Arduino Joystick module to replace mouse function. Till then, HAPPY TINKERING!!!