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Nintendo Switch 2 finally officially revealed (venturebeat.com)
submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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A Direct is announced for April 2nd to cover the games.

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[–] [email protected] 75 points 4 months ago (3 children)

Hoping they add Hall effect sensors and eliminate drift once and for all

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago

Rumors/Leaks had them and they were right about what we see in the trailer so hopefully. I'm hoping yes, nintendo must be tired of repairing joycons ^^

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

The joy cons were awful for that.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago

I updated my Joycons to the hall effect sticks and they're awesome. No drift after several months.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 4 months ago (4 children)

It looks like the controllers attach to the screen magnetically, which may interfere with the sensors of Hall Effect sticks

[–] [email protected] 70 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Hall effect sensor expert here! No, the magnets in the joycons that are used to attach to the display/body of the Switch 2 would not interfere with hall effect analog sticks.

Two reasons:

  • The magnets are too far away (sensors are usually only sensitive to magnets within 10-12mm directly above/below)
  • The mounting/attachment magnets would be perpendicular to the magnets in the analog sticks (if you imagine the flux lines they wouldn't cross the sensory boundary).

Regardless, it would be trivial to place a tiny little piece of ferromagnetic blocking tape wherever necessary to prevent interference.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Would the NFC system in the stick interfere with hall effect sensors?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

Nope.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 months ago

That Doesnt affect Hall & Oates sensors, though.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I’m not a scientist but I’m pretty sure theyd be able to calibrate the sensors to ignore the magnetic force of the attachment points

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

Maybe, I got the Pimax Portal a while back and due to their magnetic attachments Hall Effect sticks wouldn't work. I'm sure Nintendo would have a better time solving this issue than Pimax would though