
Video game joystick elements: 1. stick, 2. base, 3.
trigger, 4. extra buttons, 5. autofire switch, 6. throttle, 7. hat switch (POV
hat), 8. suction cup.
A joystick is an input device consisting of a stick
that pivots on a base and reports its angle or direction to the device it is
controlling. A joystick, also known as the control column, is the principal
control device in the cockpit of many civilian and military aircraft, either as
a center stick or side-stick. It often has supplementary switches to control
various aspects of the aircraft's flight.
Joysticks are often used to control video games, and
usually have one or more push-buttons whose state can also be read by the
computer. A popular variation of the joystick used on modern video game
consoles is the analog stick. Joysticks are also used for controlling machines
such as cranes, trucks, underwater unmanned vehicles, wheelchairs, surveillance
cameras and zero turning radius lawn mowers. Miniature finger-operated
joysticks have been adopted as input devices for smaller electronic equipment
such as mobile phones.
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