A Compact Game Controller For Your Phone
A compact game controller called JoyFon has been developed for use with smartphones, providing tactile feedback that is often lacking with touchscreen gaming. The controller is built around the Raspberry Pi Pico and can be used with a variety of devices, including PCs, laptops, and tablets. It features a 3D printed enclosure that positions the USB-C port to plug into the base of a phone, allowing for a button and screen layout similar to the original Game Boy handhelds.
- ▪The JoyFon game controller was created to address the lack of tactile feedback when playing games on a touchscreen phone.
- ▪It is built around the Raspberry Pi Pico and can be used with an RP2040 or an RP2350.
- ▪The controller enumerates as a standard USB HID gamepad, allowing it to be used with a variety of devices.
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A Compact Game Controller For Your Phone No comments by: Zoe Skyforest August 1, 2026 Title: Copy Short Link: Copy [Gil Yankovitch] noted that playing games on a touchscreen phone gave up a certain something in terms of the tactile feedback one gets from real buttons. To that end, he was inspired to build a controller specifically for phones that solved this very problem. The result was JoyFon. It’s a small gamepad built around the Raspberry Pi Pico, and can be put together around an RP2040 or an RP2350 as desired. It has four face buttons, a directional pad, and start and select buttons, as well as additional shoulder buttons up top in later revisions. The JoyFon enumerates as a standard USB HID gamepad, so you could use it to play games on just about any PC, laptop, or tablet.
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