Those are Hall Effect sticks, they are not prone to drift. And even if you encounter in on DS3 is due to completely different reason than on all other gamepads popular today. In terms of reliability those ps3 analogs surpass DS4 and DS5, Switch and Xbox controllers.
Exactly! The sensors themselves will never actually go bad. That’s why I kept the sensor body. What did wear out on this one (and a few others I’ve fixed that were heavily used) was the plastic inside the stick. It stopped centering properly-it would lean to one side depending on the movement. Like, if you moved left, it would stay slightly left, causing drift since it wouldn't return to dead center. This made it necessary to replace the mechanical part of the stick. But once you do that and put the magnets back, the center will be a bit off. However, it's always a fixed offset. If you can get that value close to 0, you’ve got a solid stick that will last for years, at least until the plastic wears out again. But that's the hard part as you don't have a calibration tool for this one - so you need to match it somehow to go closest to 0. Anyway i do like to save them from the dump :D
Has it been confirmed that these are hall effect sensors? On another but similar video to this I read that the DS3 uses some kind of MR sensors in their sticks that are not the same as hall effect. I can post the comment here if you are interested.
Yes....and a calibration tool for that PS 3 especially the hall effect ones - so we can change and calibrate - center and range -- that would be so nice!!!
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Those are Hall Effect sticks, they are not prone to drift. And even if you encounter in on DS3 is due to completely different reason than on all other gamepads popular today. In terms of reliability those ps3 analogs surpass DS4 and DS5, Switch and Xbox controllers.
Exactly! The sensors themselves will never actually go bad. That’s why I kept the sensor body. What did wear out on this one (and a few others I’ve fixed that were heavily used) was the plastic inside the stick. It stopped centering properly-it would lean to one side depending on the movement. Like, if you moved left, it would stay slightly left, causing drift since it wouldn't return to dead center. This made it necessary to replace the mechanical part of the stick. But once you do that and put the magnets back, the center will be a bit off. However, it's always a fixed offset. If you can get that value close to 0, you’ve got a solid stick that will last for years, at least until the plastic wears out again. But that's the hard part as you don't have a calibration tool for this one - so you need to match it somehow to go closest to 0. Anyway i do like to save them from the dump :D
Has it been confirmed that these are hall effect sensors?
On another but similar video to this I read that the DS3 uses some kind of MR sensors in their sticks that are not the same as hall effect.
I can post the comment here if you are interested.
I wish someone would make replacement analog housing for 4 pin ps3 controllers.
Yes....and a calibration tool for that PS 3 especially the hall effect ones - so we can change and calibrate - center and range -- that would be so nice!!!