Datasheet

1. Introduction
3. Plugging the board in
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2. Soldering the headers
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4. Essential features
Thumbstick click
™
manual
ver. 1.00
0 100000 026632
click
™
BOARD
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Thumbstick click
™
Once you have soldered the headers your
board is ready to be placed into the desired
mikroBUS
™
socket. Make sure to align the
cut in the lower-right part of the board
with the markings on the silkscreen at the
mikroBUS
™
socket. If all the pins are aligned
correctly, push the board all the way
into the socket.
Turn the board upward again. Make sure
to align the headers so that they are
perpendicular to the board, then solder the
pins carefully.
Turn the board upside down so that
the bottom side is facing you upwards.
Place shorter pins of the header into the
appropriate soldering pads.
Before using your click
™
board, make sure
to solder 1x8 male headers to both left
and right side of the board. Two 1x8 male
headers are included with the board in
the package.
Thumbstick click
™
is a high precision
input device. The dual axis, spring return,
pushbutton enabled joystick is similar to the
ones used on joypads on popular gaming
consoles like Playstation or Xbox. It has
two potentiometers connected to a stick
for receiving directional input in the x and y
axes. The mechanical pushbutton sends an
interrupt signal to the microcontroller. The
on-board MCP3204 12-bit A/D converter
sends the digital signal through SPI lines.
Thumbstick click
™
is a simple solution for
adding an analog thumb joystick to your
design. Along with the dual axis joystick
unit, the board also carries an MCP3204
12-bit A/D converter. Thumbstick click
™
communicates with the target board
microcontroller through mikroBUS
™
SPI (CS, SCK, MISO and MOSI) lines. The
board is designed to use either a 3.3V or
a 5V power supply.