When you see these types of buttons appear on eBay/Alibaba, They’ll describe themselves as name brand buttons. Yes, we’re very much aware there are HAPP products that are knock-offs too).

The wiring harness is only compatible with the buttons and joysticks that china provides (but that does not stop anyone with a soldering iron!) These buttons and joysticks are not quality by any stretch of the imagination! (we’re also including the knock-off HAPP products in this too. Picture above: A 2-pack of knock-off china buttons and joysticks. Usually, when you search for the zero delay controllers they will be paired up with a joystick set that you will normally see below. Notes on the 3rd party knock off Chinese joystick and buttons.

10x red and black joystick/button connectors.

a USB male A cable to 4-pin Molex connector.

For this blog we purchased the 7$(USD) kit as it came from an American vendor on Ebay. It turns out that China has beat us to the punch on this one. Initially we thought it would be awesome load some virtual joystick software on a USB compliant aurdino. I decided to look for cheaper alternatives out there. When I first went down this adventure I bought an I-PAC controller which had great software and did the job perfectly but unfortunately was almost $40(USD) in price! While it was great to get a controller that served as a near-zero delay system that I could hook up to my PC. Initially, in order for you to make your own joystick you would of course first collect all of the parts such as the joystick, buttons, wood, and finally the controller.

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