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Controllers with Hall effect technology have been gaining ground in recent years, and for good reason. They offer greater precision and customization options than first-party gamepads, and the nature ...

On Feb. 19, Polygon is launching Switchboard, a newsletter that will deliver all the latest Nintendo Switch 2 news, reporting, and rumors directly to your inbox. Sign up here to get it weekly, and ...

Hall effect sensors are everywhere right now. Keyboards, game controllers, and DIY kits use them for more precise inputs. But with any newly popular device, it can be easy to immediately jump onto the ...

Nintendo has confirmed that Switch 2’s Joy-Cons will not use Hall Effect thumbsticks despite all the stick drift issues Switch owners have put up with since the console launched in 2017. For years now ...

Recently, [Solder Hub] put together a brief video that demonstrates the basics of a Hall Effect sensor — in this case, one salvaged from an old CPU fan. Two LEDs, a 100 ohm resistor, and a 3.7 volt ...

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