The Willow joystick is a low force joystick that builds off the magnetic gimbal from the LipSync. The Willow is intended to fill a gap in the Makers Making Change joystick selection and provide a low force option similar to something like the Feather joystick.
The device is comprised of off-the-shelf electronics and 3D printed parts.
The Willow Joystick is open assistive technology (OpenAT). Under the terms of the open source licenses, the device may be built, used, and improved upon by anyone.
The overall cost of materials is yet to be determined, but the goal is to keep it below the price of the LipSync (plus $8 for component shipping).
Device not yet published to MMC library
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. As this is a work in progress device not yet published, some files such as User Guide or Maker Guide may not be finished, or even started.
The Willow joystick is still a work in progress, so you cannot request a build of the device at this time.
The Willow joystick is still a work in progress, so you cannot build the device through the website at this time. Working BoM and build files may be available in this repository.
The Maker Guide contains all the necessary information to build this device, including tool lists, assembly instructions, programming instructions (if applicable) and testing. The Maker Guide may not be available at this stage in the project.
The Bill of Materials lists all of the parts and components required to build the device. A Bill of Materials may not be available at this stage in the project, and is subject to change.
All of the files and individual print files can be found in the /Build_Files/3D_Printing_Files folder. At this stage in the project, these are not the final files and are subject to change at any time.
Reference the Assembly Guide section of the Maker Guide for the tools and steps required to build the device.
As open source assistive technology, you are welcomed and encouraged to improve upon the design.
| Document | Version | Link |
|---|---|---|
| Design Rationale | 0.1 | Willow_Joystick_Design_Rationale |
| Maker Guide | 0.1 | Willow_Joystick_Maker_Guide |
| Bill of Materials | 0.1 | Willow_Joystick_Bill_of_Materials |
| User Guide | 0.1 | Willow_Joystick_User_Guide |
| Changelog | 0.1 | Changelog |
Copyright (c) 2024 Neil Squire Society.
This repository describes Open Hardware:
- Everything needed or used to design, make, test, or prepare the 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 Willow 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.
Source Location: https://github.com/makersmakingchange/Willow-Joystick
The device was designed by Brad Wellington.
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:
- Brad Wellington
- Stephen Moyer
Testers:
- <TESTER 1>
- <TESTER 2>
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