Installing Qanba Gravity Silent Joystick into 8BitDo Arcade Stick

Installing Qanba Gravity Silent Joystick into 8BitDo Arcade Stick

Model: JOV8S
Switches: Omron Mechanical Grey
Spring: Medium
Restrictor: Square
Ball Top: 35mm Blue Resin Agate
Wiring Harness: 5-pin to 5-pin (modified)

The new Qanba Gravity Silent Joystick kit I got a few months ago was sitting patiently on a shelf. It's been a while since I tinkered with my 8BitDo Arcade Stick, so I decided it was time to open it up and install the new joystick.

The installation process was fairly straight forward, but I needed to work through some compatibility issues between the Qanba joystick and the 8BitDo Arcade Stick. To get everything installed and working properly I had to make some minor modifications to the wiring.

Removing retention clips on the 5-pin JST-XH plug to fit into the 8-pin connector on the circuit board.
Plugging in (carefully) the 5-pin JST-XH wiring harness into the 5-pin JST-NH connector on the joystick.

This was a learning experience I wanted to share through a video that captures the whole process - all problems, mistakes, and advice included.

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