Hardware Reference
In-Depth Information
There are hundreds of different encoders out there, but the most common ones are called
the No Delay, Zero Delay, and Xin Mo board. All of these boards act as a joystick, and are
very simple to wire up.
This is an example of a No Delay USB joystick encoder board. The 8 buttons are wired up
to the button pins on the bottom of the board. Each button has a common and ground pin.
When the button is pushed down, the connection is completed, sending the signal to the
board. The joystick uses the 4 slots at the top of the board for up, down, left, and right
movements. The board can also accept joysticks that only use 5 pins. Those are common
