A good joystick for Clod

[Sokol1]

Any normal pot can be replaced easily,

Mmm, not too easy.

Joystick pot in general is different from "normal" pot, that are build to work for ~270 degress.
Some joystick pot have condutive trail only in ~60 degress, eventually a 270 one work for substituition, but with loss of resolution.
The major problemn is find new pot with same phisical dimentions of the old, the same leght of axis and the key in apropriated angle.
If joystick mannufacture provides replacents, but in general no.
Someone say that is due to the fact to replace pot is need soldering, and one can burn your fingers in the procces and sue the manufacturer (in USA)...
Exception is CH Products, their pots dont require soldef, just plug tabs.

In my Logitech all of these kinda potmeter is working only in the short range, max 60° in middle way. I started a DIY controller project and I want to replace them!
ON

Fortunatelly today is easy and inexpensive replace pots with HALL sensor - if you have a DIY mind.

Buy Honeywell SS495A or Allegro A1321EUA-T HALL sensor, some neodimium magnets, and plug in pots wires. The "hard" part is find the correct center, require many trial and errors. See some tips in SimHQ.

[quote]
100K linear, 270° would be a standard pot[/quote

100k pot are standart in gamepor devices.

Today USB controllers use low values, tipically 10~50k.

The "rule of the thumb": hight values tend to pick more "noise" (spikes), and low values consumes more Amperes from USB port.

Sokol1