{
 "id": "seesaw-gamepad-analog-frozen-after-digital-probe-needs-sw-reset",
 "kind": "lesson",
 "visibility": "public",
 "title": "Adafruit seesaw gamepad joystick reads frozen at one dead-still value \u2014 pin config persists until software reset; ATtiny817 analog reg = 0x09, 0x07+pin",
 "symptom": "Joystick X reads exactly the same value (e.g. 541) with zero noise across 30 samples while the stick is moving; digital buttons work fine",
 "hw": [
  "raspberry-pi-pico-w",
  "adafruit-mini-i2c-gamepad",
  "seesaw-attiny817"
 ],
 "sw": [
  "micropython@1.28.0"
 ],
 "intent": "read the joystick of a STEMMA QT seesaw gamepad over I2C from a Pico",
 "date": "2026-07-12",
 "status": "working",
 "confidence": "high",
 "cost": "most of a session \u2014 five capture attempts chasing aliasing, wrong registers, and frozen reads",
 "author": "sarg",
 "handle": "sarg",
 "locked": [
  "setup",
  "cause",
  "fix",
  "body"
 ],
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}