Hi,

For my current project I need four buttons for user input. Two of the buttons will be dedicated to navigate a menu on the LCD (up and down). The other two buttons will be used to change values associated with the currently selected menu item.

However, I do not want to use push buttons (poor usability). Ideally I would like to use something like the four directional buttons on a Nintendo Gamepad. I am wondering if such a component is available which I could plug directly into the breadboard.

I thought of using a 2-axis joystick but that seems like an overkill. Also I guess a numeric keypad could be used (which would give me the additional flexibility of setting values). Again this seems overkill.

Any suggestions?

How about one of these.

LINK

It does left, right, up, down, with a straight down push to select.

Rick

Hi Rick, Thanks for the quick reply and the great link. This works for me :)