The joys (tick) of analogue (part 2)

So, in a nutshell, with this converter kit, take a digital arcade joystick, attach the magnet to the joystick shaft, take the provided bolts, thread though existing holes on the joystick, attach nuts to secure bolts to joystick, attach more nuts to suspend the board (shown below) at a specific height over the center of the shaft (with PCB component side facing upwards), arrange for the Hall sensor on the PCB to be within 4 mm of the magnet, add a cable to connect board into player port, and you have analogue joystick control!

So when the joystick shaft is pushed in the forward direction, it swings the magnet in the Southerly direction. Similarly, when pulling the joystick, it swings the magnet in the Northerly direction. When moving the joystick to the left, it swings the magnet to the westerly direction. When moving the joystick to the right, it swings the magnet to Easterly direction. 

The above is just an example with a pretty non-descript joystick I found lying around. I'll go into more detail in  a later post regarding the specific joystick to be used in my VecCab.