5 Way Navigation Switch

These tiny devices have 5 buttons, giving you a mini joystick

This device is 5 buttons in one. There are up, down, left and right buttons and a press button in the middle. You can make a very simple joystick control with these

Wire up (pull down)

Place the switch on a breadboard like this. You need to place it across the channel in the middle of the breadboard and make sure the legs of the switch go into the holes without bending.

Code

Write this code and download to the Pico. Press each button in turn and confirm the correct message is shown

Joystick	Pico
Red	3V3
UP	GP16
DOWN	GP17
LEFT	GP18
RIGHT	GP19
PRESS	GP20

# Test 5-way navigation switch

import time
from digitalio import DigitalInOut, Direction, Pull
import board
import network 

# Set up the buttons 
up = DigitalInOut(board.GP16)
up.direction = Direction.INPUT
up.pull = Pull.DOWN               # Pull down so button value is True when pressed

down = DigitalInOut(board.GP17)
down.direction = Direction.INPUT
down.pull = Pull.DOWN               # Pull down so button value is True when pressed

left = DigitalInOut(board.GP18)
left.direction = Direction.INPUT
left.pull = Pull.DOWN               # Pull down so button value is True when pressed

right = DigitalInOut(board.GP19)
right.direction = Direction.INPUT
right.pull = Pull.DOWN               # Pull down so button value is True when pressed

press = DigitalInOut(board.GP20)
press.direction = Direction.INPUT
press.pull = Pull.DOWN               # Pull down so button value is True when pressed

# Check buttons
while True:
    print(".")
    if up.value:
        print("up")
    elif down.value:
        print("down")
    elif left.value:
        print("left")
    elif right.value:
        print("right")
    elif press.value:
        print("press")
    time.sleep(0.1)