The USB joystick can be used with the Xbox Adaptive Controller (XAC) as well as Windows, MacOS, Linux, and other devices that accept USB HID joysticks.
The LCD display is not used and the backlight is turned off to reduce power consumption. The XAC provides at most 100 mA on its USB host ports unless it is plugged into a 5V 2A power supply. Turning the backlight off ensures the ESP32 box draws less than 100 mA.
Tested using Arduino IDE 1.8.19 and Espressif ESP32-BOX-S3-3 and the original Espressif ESP32-BOX-S3
The original ESP32 S3 Box has been discontinued.
There is a similar project for the M5Stack Dial (also known as M5Dial) at https://github.com/esp32beans/M5Stack_Touch_USB_Joystick.
Note: Jun 11, 2024 Update to work with arduino-esp32 v3.0.
The install the following libraries using the Arduino IDE Library manager.
- "ESP32_IO_Expander" by espressif
- "ESP32_Display_Panel" by espressif
The following library should not be used because the latest version works without patches.
Note the ESP_Display_Panel library must be configured to match the ESP32-S3 Box (original or -3). See ESP_Panel_Board_Supported.h in the same directory as ESP32-S3_Touch_USB_Joystick.ino. It is currently configured for the ESP32 S3 Box 3.
The USB joystick library is from https://github.com/esp32beans/ESP32_flight_stick. Download the library as a ZIP file then install it using the Arduino IDE "Add .ZIP Library" option.
