


Vectrex Controller
9 PIN UNKNOWN CONNECTOR
  
    | Pin | 
    Description | 
  
  
    | 1 | 
    Button 1 | 
  
  
    | 2 | 
    Button 2 | 
  
  
    | 3 | 
    Button 3 | 
  
  
    | 4 | 
    Button 4 | 
  
  
    | 5 | 
    Horizontal Pot | 
  
  
    | 6 | 
    Vertical Pot | 
  
  
    | 7 | 
    +5V | 
  
  
    | 8 | 
    GND | 
  
  
    | 9 | 
    -5V | 
  
The joystick potentiometers work by voltage division between -5V and +5V.
Actually, it uses a couple of resistors on each side to make it more like -3.4V to 3.4V.
Vertical Pin 6:
  
    | Voltage | 
    Direction | 
  
  
    | -3.4 V | 
    Down | 
  
  
    | 0 V | 
    Center | 
  
  
    | +3.4 V | 
    Up | 
  
Horizontal Pin 5:
  
    | Voltage | 
    Direction | 
  
  
    | -3.4 V | 
    Left | 
  
  
    | 0 V | 
    Center | 
  
  
    | +3.4 V | 
    Right | 
  
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  Document last modified: 2002-01-10