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# Pimoroni Player X USB Games Controller PCB - PIM444

**Type:** Product page · **SKU:** ADA4518 · **Brand:** [Adafruit](https://core-electronics.com.au/brands/adafruit-australia)
**Page:** https://core-electronics.com.au/pimoroni-player-x-usb-games-controller-pcb-pim444.html ([markdown](https://core-electronics.com.au/pimoroni-player-x-usb-games-controller-pcb-pim444.html.md))

## Retired product

This product is retired and no longer available for purchase. Replaced by: PIM444.

**Replacement:** https://core-electronics.com.au/catalog/product/view/sku/PIM444

## How to buy

- **Search the catalogue:** `https://core-electronics.com.au/search/{query}.md` (URL-encode the query; pages 2-3 at `search/{query}/{page}.md`; `search.md?q=` also works)
- **Payment methods, purchase orders, policies and contact details:** https://core-electronics.com.au/llms.txt
## Description

This tiny PCB connects to your PC, Mac, or Linux machine via a standard USB micro B cable, and appears as a USB games controller (HID interface). Then it's just a matter of adding some blingy [arcade buttons](https://core-electronics.com.au/#) and a [joystick](https://core-electronics.com.au/search/?q=joystick) as input. Great for making custom user interfaces, arcade setups, or interfacing with basic button-like sensors.

Your buttons and joystick plug into Player X with male DuPont connectors (jumper jerky), which you'll find on one end of Pimoroni's [wiring loom](https://core-electronics.com.au/pimoroni-picade-wiring-loom-version-2.html).

Player X PCBs are also stackable, using [M2.5 standoffs](https://core-electronics.com.au/brass-m2-5-standoffs-for-pi-hats-black-plated-pack-of-2.html), so you can use it to build two-, three-, or even four-player controllers! Super Smash party all night!

**Features:**

- USB games interface controller
- No-solder DuPont connectors for joystick and buttons
- 1 x joystick and up to 12 x arcade buttons
- Tactile shutdown button
- Plasma button connector ([for even more Pimoroni technicolor button brilliance](https://shop.pimoroni.com/products/picade-plasma-kit-illuminated-arcade-buttons?variant=15403722670163))
- Connects via USB micro B cable
- Mounting holes (M2.5, 58mm apart)
- Dimensions: 65 x 20 x 7.5mm

## Technical Details

- For product support, replacement parts and warranty for Pimoroni products visit the Pimoroni forum or [contact Pimoroni directly](https://shop.pimoroni.com/pages/contact-us).

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