i am using the pins and some aluminum foil to make a little controller for the micro:bit and i seem to have run out of pins to make a down and A button. (i also plugged in an oled screen for the micro:bit:
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and if youre curious about the controller, here is what it looks like:
(the black part is the screen and there are holes in the back so i can plug the foil to the micro:bit)
The point I was trying to get across was not the budget, but that I had the impression that there appears to be enough pins for a controller with 4 direction and at least 4 action buttons:
Depending of course on what else you have connected and if you are using pin 3 for LEDs etc.
But I might be mistaken, if so, I apologize for the inconvenience.