Small compact dual joystick for arnduino or any other platform you might use. It requires pull-up resistor on input pins. A way i got arround this was by using the Arduino INPUT_PULLUP feature.

The Code to run this board in Arduino.

/* ThumbBoardV1
    Written by DanielFrausto
   Use and modify as you wish.
   Unless you are a Zombie.
*/

int h1 = A0;
int v1 = A1;
int v2 = A2;
int h2 = A3;

void setup() {
  pinMode(v1, INPUT_PULLUP);
  pinMode(h1, INPUT_PULLUP);
  pinMode(v2, INPUT_PULLUP);
  pinMode(h2, INPUT_PULLUP);
  Serial.begin(9600);
}

void loop() {

  int v01 = analogRead(v1);
  int h01 = analogRead(h1);
  int v02 = analogRead(v2);
  int h02 = analogRead(h2);
  delay(60);
  Serial.print("V1 = ");
  Serial.print(v01);
  Serial.print(" ");
  Serial.print("H1 = ");
  Serial.print(h01);
  Serial.print(" ");
  Serial.print("V2 = ");
  Serial.print(v02);
  Serial.print(" ");
  Serial.print("H2= ");
  Serial.print(h02);
  Serial.print(" ");
  Serial.print('\n');

  if (v01 < 120) {
    Serial.print(" JS1 UP \n");
  }
  if (v01 > 150) {
    Serial.print(" JS1 DOWN \n");
  }
  if (h01 < 120) {
    Serial.print(" JS1 LEFT \n");
  }
  if (h01 > 180) {
    Serial.print(" JS1 RIGHT \n");
  }
  if (v02 < 120) {
    Serial.print(" JS2 UP \n");
  }
  if (v02 > 130) {
    Serial.print(" JS2 DOWN \n");
  }
  if (h02 < 110) {
    Serial.print(" JS2 LEFT \n");
  }
  if (h02 > 120) {
    Serial.print(" JS2 RIGHT \n");
  }
  delay(60);
}