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The GameSir Super Nova has Hall Effect sticks, a charging dock, and programmable back buttons. The only knock on the controller is an finicky companion app. Skip to main content ...

Diodes Incorporated today introduces its first automotive-compliant* 3 D linear Hall effect sensor. The AH4930Q detects the magnetic field in the X, Y, and Z directions, allowing for reliable and ...

Engadget has asked Nintendo why the company opted not to use Hall effect tech in the Joy-Con 2. We've also asked whether the Switch 2 Pro Controller foregoes Hall effect sensors as well.

Nintendo has nixed hopes that Switch 2 Joy-Cons (Joy-Con 2) feature Hall-effect sensors. Rumors emerging around Christmas last year suggested that Joy-Con 2 would implement the Hall ...

"They're not Hall effect sticks, but they feel really good." The confirmation comes after Nintendo pointedly refused to offer details about the Switch 2's joystick hardware at a roundtable Q&A ...

I keep parsing this story title as implying that Hall effect sensors are the cause of stick drift, and that's the reason why the Switch 2 joysticks won't use the technology instead of the other ...

The page does not mention that Nintendo chose to use hall effect joysticks for the Switch 2’s Joy-Cons. For that matter, the page for the Nintendo Switch 2 Pro Controller also does not mention ...

The Hall effect switches and software are almost enough to make me give up my favorite mechanical keyboard. Right now, the Apex Pro TKL has left me torn.

Hall-effect sensors can also be susceptible to magnetic interference, Mokhtari added, if they’re not properly shielded from magnets — which, by the way, Switch 2 Joy-Cons apparently use.

NextHandheld also claims the Switch 2’s Joy-Con controllers will have Hall-effect joysticks. These sticks work using electromagnetic fields and don’t require physical contact between their ...

Hyperkin's replacement joysticks are rated for 5 million rotations and thanks to the way the Hall Effect sensors work, they won't drift over time like the DualSense's base sticks can.