What Is a Hall Effect Joystick and How Does It Eliminate Stick Drift?
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Summary
Stick drift, a problem that has plagued Nintendo Switch owners, can be eliminated by using controllers which employ Hall Effect joysticks
Hall Effect is a phenomenon first discovered by Edwin Hall that uses a magnetic field to change the direction of an electric current travelling along a wire
Hall Effect joysticks employ Hall Effect sensors to detect movement, with a magnet placed inside the joystick and the sensors arranged around it
There are a number of advantages to this technology for gamers, including increased precision and accuracy and greater resilience to environmental factors such as temperature and dust
However, there are also some disadvantages, including a higher cost, a different feeling stick, problems with centring, and magnetic interference
