@h2805270 I originally had a regular style d-pad but the distance between the tact buttons on my PCB were causing issues with ghost button presses when I would press in one direction and sometimes it would also push the edge of another button's switch. I almost redesigned the PCB from scratch but them I remembered the PSP d-pad buttons and did them like that. They work really well, but if there's another version I might try doing it like a joypad where it uses a silicone membrane to short out contacts directly on the PCB.
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