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Hall effect sticks (named after US physicist Edwin Hall) use magnets and electrical conductors to measure the position of the stick.
Unlike traditional joysticks – which use a physical connection with a potentiometer to measure the stick’s position – Hall effect sticks have no physical contact between the stick and the sensor.
Stick drift is caused by continuous stick movement leading to wear and tear on the potentiometer over time (which leads to inaccurate measurements), but because there’s no physical connection with Hall effect sticks, drift is essentially eliminated.
Switch 2 will use the tech. The tech is actually already being used in flight sim flight stick like the Thrustmaster Flight Stick I am using to fly my Fighter Planes in DCS but the tech just got applied to regular controller with thumb joysticks on it.
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Hall effect sticks (named after US physicist Edwin Hall) use magnets and electrical conductors to measure the position of the stick.
Unlike traditional joysticks – which use a physical connection with a potentiometer to measure the stick’s position – Hall effect sticks have no physical contact between the stick and the sensor.
Stick drift is caused by continuous stick movement leading to wear and tear on the potentiometer over time (which leads to inaccurate measurements), but because there’s no physical connection with Hall effect sticks, drift is essentially eliminated.
Switch 2 will use the tech. The tech is actually already being used in flight sim flight stick like the Thrustmaster Flight Stick I am using to fly my Fighter Planes in DCS but the tech just got applied to regular controller with thumb joysticks on it.
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