Switch Joycon

Introduction

This sample turns the ESP32 into a Switch Joycon (Bluetooth LE gamepad) that presses buttons and moves axis

Possible buttons are 0 through to 15.

Possible HAT switch position values are: Centered, Up, UpRight, Right, DownRight, Down, DownLeft, Left, UpLeft.

Testing

You can use one of the following applications on your PC to test and see all buttons that were clicked.

On Linux install jstest-gtk to test the ESP32 gamepad. Under Ubuntu this can be done by typing the following command:

sudo apt install jstest-gtk

On Windows use this Windows test application.

References

SoC support

  • esp32

  • esp32c2

  • esp32c3

  • esp32s2

  • esp32s3

  • esp8266

  • host

  • rp2040