The Wireless Joystick v1.1
This Wiki documents a legacy version of the Wireless Joystick v1.1 for Arduino and is provided for reference only.
Specification
- Power supply: "AAA" Battery x3 or 3.3~8v DC power supply
- Programmable inputs:
- 2 analog sticks
- one D-pad
- 8 buttons
- 2 joystick buttons
- Program interface: FTDI
- Bootloader: Arduino Duemilanove w/ ATmega328
- Includes a Turbo button used to reset the controller
- Informational LEDs
- FULL/BAT: indicates that the board and shield are powered
- CH: indicates the presence of a network link for the Xbee
- Includes an Xbee socket
- Supports Xbee, Bluetooth, RF and Wifi
Shipping List
- Wireless Joystick v1.1 for Arduino (1 unit)
PCB View

NOTE: To program the controller please select "arduino Duemilanove w/ATMega 328"
Sample Code
/*
// #
// # Editor : Lauren from DFRobot
// # Date : 11.04.2012
// # Product name: Wireless Joystick v1.1 for Arduino
// # Product SKU : DFR0182
// # Code Version: 1.0
// # Description:
// # The sketch for using the gamepad and print the button state and the analog values of the gamepad
// #
*/
int buttonState[14];
int joystick[4];
int AnalogButton[2];
void setup()
{
Serial.begin(57600); //Init the Serial baudrate
InitIO(); // Initialize the inputs/outputs and the buffers
}
void InitIO(){
for(int i = 2; i < 14; i++) pinMode(i,INPUT);
for(int i = 0; i < 14; i++) buttonState[i] = 0;
for(int i = 0; i < 4; i++) joystick[i] = 0;
for(int i = 0; i < 2; i++) AnalogButton[i] = 0;
}
void loop()
{
DataUpdate(); //read the buttons and the joysticks data
printData(); //print the datas and states
delay(100);
}
void DataUpdate(){
for(int i = 2; i < 14; i++) buttonState[i] = digitalRead(i);
buttonState[0] = analogRead(6);
buttonState[1] = analogRead(7);
for(int i = 0; i < 4; i++) joystick[i] = analogRead(i);
for(int i = 4; i < 6; i++) AnalogButton[i-4] = analogRead(i);
}
String Buttons[14] = {
"S1","S2","Y","X","B","A","White","Black","UP","LEFT","DOWN","RIGHT","BACK","START"};
// Buttons Names
void printData(){
// for(int i = 0; i < 14; i++) Serial.print(buttonState[i]),Serial.print(" ");
// for(int i = 0; i < 4; i++) Serial.print(joystick[i]),Serial.print(" ");
// for(int i = 0; i < 2; i++) Serial.print(AnalogButton[i]),Serial.print(" ");
// Serial.println("");
Serial.print("Button Pressed:");
for(int i = 0; i < 2; i++) if(buttonState[i] < 100) Serial.print(Buttons[i]),Serial.print(",");
for(int i = 2; i < 14; i++) if(buttonState[i] == 0) Serial.print(Buttons[i]),Serial.print(",");
Serial.println("");
Serial.print("Analog Sticks:");
for(int i = 0; i < 4; i++) Serial.print(joystick[i]),Serial.print(",");
for(int i = 0; i < 2; i++) Serial.print(AnalogButton[i]),Serial.print(",");
Serial.println("");
Serial.println("");
}
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