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For years, the mechanical keyboard was the undisputed king of PC gaming peripherals. Gamers spent endless hours debating Cherry MX Reds versus Blues and obsessing over tactile bumps. But recently, a ...

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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 ...

There’s good reason not to want hall effect sticks. Nintendo has published a page for the console’s technical specifications, but there’s something missing in the page that a lot of fans expected.

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 ...