How to fix Saitek Pro Flight Yoke Dead Zone with a Leo Bodnar BU0836A 12-bit controller

Hi,
This is another enhancement video for my Saitek Pro Flight Yoke. The unit is very cheap, so you cannot expect much in comparison to more professional and more expensive options. However, with a bit of tlc we can upgrade it to a useful, reliable unit.
In our last video, we removed the original spring mechanism and replaced it with rubber bands. In this occasion, we are gonna be replacing the original joystick controller (10 bits) with a Leo Bodnar BU0836A controller, which is 12 bits. This means, that the potentiometer analog-to-digital conversion will be much more sensitive (4092 steps) so the dead center will be reduced, and the accuracy of the unit will increase. This is particularly important in some manoeuvres, such as landing flare.

( Until they sponsor me) there's nothing special about the Leo Bodnar BU0836A, it is based on a PIC18F2458, so you could very much design you own board. However, I could not find any reasonably cheaper source for the PIC so I ended up buying the Leo, it was £25 + around £8 in P&P to Catalonia.

Thanks for watching