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Atari-Joystick-Tester

tebl·Atari-Joystick-Tester

Atari-Joystick-Tester PCB layout, top view — open source board by tebl
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About the Atari-Joystick-Tester PCB

Atari-Joystick-Tester is an open source PCB design by tebl, published on GitHub under the GPL-3.0 license. It is a 2-layer board measuring 68 × 52.1 mm, with 24 components from 15 distinct parts.

By type, the board carries 8 connectors, 7 diodes, 7 resistors and 2 switches.

It belongs with the test & measurement designs in this gallery.

From the project

Simple joystick tester, can be used with the common Atari 9-pin joysticks and paddles (tested using multimeter).

Lately I've been going through my rather limited amount, but still designated a "sizable pile", of vintage joysticks. Maybe this was to be the year I got around to fixing them - given that we're constantly fast coming up on december, the time to get moving is definitively now. Did not want to subject one of my computers to all that plugging and unplugging while fiddling with wires and resoldering contacts, so the next step of procrastination was designing a simple joystick tester.

Atari-Joystick-Tester, from the project README
From the project README

Atari-Joystick-Tester bill of materials (BOM)

24 components, 15 distinct parts.

QtyPartRefs
1
Atari_Joystick
J1
1
Paddle A
J2
1
Paddle B
J3
1
Barrel_Jack
J4
4
Mount
J5, J6, J7, J8
1
PADDLE A SEL.
SW1
1
PADDLE B SEL.
SW2
1
UP
D1
1
DOWN
D2
1
LEFT
D3
1
RIGHT
D4
1
FIRE 0
D5
1
FIRE 1
D6
1
FIRE 2
D7
7
330
R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7

Atari-Joystick-Tester design files

The KiCad project lives in the tebl/Atari-Joystick-Tester repository on GitHub; these links point at the commit this page was built from.

Atari-Joystick-Tester: common questions

How big is the Atari-Joystick-Tester PCB?

The Atari-Joystick-Tester measures 68 × 52.1 mm, has 2 copper layers and is 1.6 mm thick.

How many components are on the Atari-Joystick-Tester?

24 components, from 15 distinct parts. The full bill of materials is listed on this page.

Where can I download the Atari-Joystick-Tester design files?

From the tebl/Atari-Joystick-Tester repository on GitHub, which has the KiCad layout; the links under Design files point to each one.

Can I use the Atari-Joystick-Tester design in my own project?

Yes, under the terms of its GPL-3.0 license, which tebl chose for the repository.

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