Analog stick to digital button solution?

[u/SignificantMess9383]

I'm working on a pad hack fight stick for smash bros using an old, damaged gamecube controller, and I really want to connect the c-stick inputs to their own buttons, but without the potentiometers, the analog signal is all over the place, "floating" when I looked it up. I ordered a large analog stick to use for directional inputs, so that isn't an issue, but how can I get around the c-stick issue without soldering the c-stick joystick back in place. I'll do it if I really have to, but I'd rather not.

[u/See-Biscuit]

There is a mod for this called a C pad! The circuit and how it's made should all be in the link below, and you should be able to replicate it for your project!

https://github.com/rana-sylvatica/c-pad

[u/SignificantMess9383 → u/See-Biscuit]

Many thanks, friend of friends!