Calibrate analog sticks video

[ChrisJavier]

Hello, I've stumbled upon this video on how to calibrate analog stick on reddit. I was wondering what the experts on this site thought about it.

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1yluzJre9D8&feature=youtu.be


Credit to: u/thesolderking

[RDC]

That is not calibrating anything at all, it's just another way to match the existing calibration that can not be changed.

It's only adding more POTs in parallel with the existing one, where you can change the value of them, to get the voltage divider value for center to closer match the original calibrated value. It only gets 'rid' of stick drift while it's installed, and saying it does it forever is a stretch since the stick will still wear and get out of spec and need replaced again at some point where again that POT board would also need to be adjusted again.

[wickated]

its not calibration, its just adding hardware settable deadzone instead of actually calibrating. 

[MCorgano]

I'd argue it's pedantics. The end result is the same. When he says calibrate thumbstick drift you know how he means.

I'm curious if you could have a single pot, entirely in parallel with the existing pot, and calibrate it that way. I'm also wondering what this does to stick sensitivity. You could center the DZ but also decrease the overall sensitivity with this setup. Would it be optimal to use highest resistance possible pots or lowest resistance possible to reduce the effects on stick sensitivity?