Question Clicky Stick on Wii Nunchuck?

[Zopolis4]

Hi, I was wondering what the best way to implement clicky sticks (the analog stick that send an input when you press them down) on a wii nunchuck is. What I know so far is that the Wii nunchuck connector has extra pins. I was thinking, if I replaced the nunchuck analouge stick with a spare switch pro controller, that I could solder a wire from that to the nunchuck connector.

I know that this is a dumb project, I know I would need to mod the Wiimote for the data to even get transmitted, I know that this is pointless, but I want to get more experience. My current experience is soldering leds to an arduino.

If anyone has any ideas or thoughts on how to do it, please tell me.

 

[AngelshipAC130]

I'm new to everything under the sun regarding electronics. However; as a starting point I did some basic searching on youtube to get a good idea of the analog stick and its housing. I don't know if there is a standard stick housing but the xbox 360 stick looks very similar but has more pins. I'm unfamiliar with other sticks that have the button in them but I know the xbox 360 stick just has more pins than a nunchuck stick. You would have to make a new pcb based on the original, but one that accomodated the extra input

 

[Zopolis4]

I know wii u and switch sticks have them and in shanks gamecube joycons video he used those, so i think those might work just as a drop in on the pcb.

 

[Aurelio]

The nunchuk communicates with the wiimote with i2c protocol. You would have to modify the whole packet structure (see https://wiibrew.org/wiki/Wiimote/Extension_Controllers/Nunchuck) and the software side would also have to support it

 

[Zopolis4]

Hmm, might try ripping a button out of an analog stick and trying to cram it in.

 

[Aurelio]

That would not work. The software side needs to support it, otherwise it's completely pointless (unless you just want it to be connected to either the C or the Z button)

 

[Zopolis4]

I think u misunderstand. I just want the analog stick to have a clicky button. It dosent actually have to do anything, but i want the nunchuck to work fine.

 

[Zopolis4]

Ithe xbox 360 stick looks very similar but has more pins.

From what I saw they had the same amount of pins