Joystick

In short: A joystick is a control lever that captures movements in two or three axes.

In more detail: It became known with flight simulators and arcade machines and is also found in industry, wheelchairs and cranes.

In Depth

Designs

Analogue (potentiometer), digital (switches) and Hall sensors (contactless, durable). Often also throttle levers and buttons (HOTAS).

Connection

Today mostly USB. The analogue stick on the controller works similarly.

See also: Controller, USB, Game consoles and video games