The Redwood Joystick is designed for users with gross motor movement and high strength, providing a durable and reliable solution for adaptive gaming and digital access. With its USB connection, it functions seamlessly as a computer mouse or gamepad, offering flexibility to suit your needs. Compatible with our Oak Compact Joystick toppers, it can be customized with options like goalpost or concave designs for personalized comfort. The joystick’s robust construction ensures it withstands heavy use, while its mounting adapters allow secure attachment to 1/4-20 mounting arms and 1-inch RAM mounts, ensuring a stable and accessible setup in any environment.
The device is comprised of off-the-shelf electronics, hardware, and 3D printed parts. The design uses the Ultimarc Ultrastik analog 360 joystick in a robust 3D printed enclosure.
The overall cost of materials is about $97 CAD. You will need to pay customs fees if you are outside of the USA and the product can take up to 1 week to ship. Consider this in comparison to the other parts that are more readily available.
This is an open-source assistive technology, so anyone is free to build it. All of the files and instructions required to build the device are contained within this repository. Refer to the Maker Guide below.
You may also submit a build request through the Makers Making Change Assistive Device Library Listing to have a volunteer maker build the device. As the requestor, you are responsible for reimbursing the maker for the cost of materials and any shipping.
If you have the skills and equipment to build this device, and would like to donate your time to create the device for someone who needs it, visit the MMC Maker Wanted section.
The Maker Guide contains all the necessary information to build this device, including tool lists, assembly instructions, programming instructions (if applicable) and testing.
The Bill of Materials lists all of the parts and components required to build the device.
All of the files and individual print files can be in the /Build_Files/3D_Printing_Files folder.
As open source assistive technology, you are welcomed and encouraged to improve upon the design.
| Document | Version | Link |
|---|---|---|
| Design Rationale | 1.0 | Redwood_Joystick_Design_Rationale |
| Maker Guide | 1.0 | Redwood_Joystick_Maker_Checklist |
| Bill of Materials | 1.0 | Redwood_Joystick_Bill_of_Materials |
| User Guide | 1.0 | Redwood_Joystick_User_Guide |
| Changelog | 1.0 | Changelog |
Designed by Neil Squire Society / Makers Making Change.
The documentation template was created by Makers Making Change / Neil Squire Society and is used under a CC BY-SA 4.0 license. It is available at the following link: https://github.com/makersmakingchange/OpenAT-Template
Designers:
- Tyler Fentie
Copyright (c) 2025 Redwood Joystick.
This repository describes Open Hardware:
- Everything needed or used to design, make, test, or prepare the Redwood Joystick is licensed under the CERN 2.0 Weakly Reciprocal license (CERN-OHL-W v2) or later .
- All software is under the GNU General Public License v3.0 (GPL-3.0).
- Accompanying material such as instruction manuals, videos, and other copyrightable works that are useful but not necessary to design, make, test, or prepare the Redwood Joystick are published under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license (CC BY-SA 4.0) .
You may redistribute and modify this documentation and make products using it under the terms of the CERN-OHL-W v2. This documentation is distributed WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTY, INCLUDING OF MERCHANTABILITY, SATISFACTORY QUALITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. Please see the CERN-OHL-W v2 for applicable conditions.
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