Perhaps those who are now over 20 can still tell with confidence what a joystick is. But for those who are now 12-14 years old, this device is much less familiar. This is because joysticks are gradually giving way to new control devices.
Literally translated from English as "a stick of pleasure." It is an information input device, which is a handle swinging in two planes. By moving it forward, backward, left or right, the user changes the position of something on the screen. It also contains various additional buttons that perform specified functions. Most of all, the joystick is used in computer games and mobile phones.
Types of joysticks
There are various types and technologies of joysticks. They can be one-dimensional, two-dimensional, and even three-dimensional. Joysticks are also divided into Firsts, they send a signal to the computer either 0 or 1, and each movement moves the cursor one position on the screen.
Analog ones change the signal smoothly depending on the angle of inclination of the handle, the more it is deflected, the greater the signal level.
Joystick history
Historically, the first use of a swing arm was in a Confederate submarine found in 2001 near Charleston, Louisiana. Well, it was used by the Nazis back in 1943 to control a rocket. Nowadays, they have become so diverse that they are often even difficult to recognize: from the classic look, to which we are already accustomed, to the three-dimensional, which does not have any buttons, since it is controlled by a simple movement of the hand in space.
The first game joysticks were connected to a computer via a five-dinovy connector on a ZX type computer. Many people remember these good old computers that read programs through a regular cassette recorder. With the development of digital technology, this device has also become more sophisticated in design and functionality. Now it is connected via the USB connector, which is present on all modern computers.
For video games, you can choose any joystick for yourself, from classic to complex, say, to imitation of a car steering wheel with pedals for the world famous game . And the design of the current Playstation joysticks in general makes you doubt that they are something akin to control levers.
You have a device in your hands that you can use one hundred percent, since each finger of your hand can perform some action. There is a justified opinion that soon a computer or games will be on a completely different plane.
