[Mike Copioli]

Originally Posted by dcbrown

Hooked up the chicklet to a shark xbox 360 controller - no joy in that it doesn't recognize it.

That device is not supported. Please see the list of supported devices in the user manual.

Originally Posted by dcbrown

The controls are touchy and the older 360 controller often didn't return to exactly neutral when released. Possibly a new one will have less issues.

No it won't. The X-box/360 controller is not the best selection for a gamepad. I suggest the Logitech. See my other posts on this subject.

Originally Posted by dcbrown

There certainly aren't as many steps in the output as there are with the larger joysticks. Seems to me that there were maybe 14-16 steps from neutral to full on which is at least a factor of 4x less than the full size joystick we used last year.

This is not the case. The chicklet has the same range as the analog joysticks. It has 127 steps in each direction. What you are probably experiencing is the sensitivity of the analog axes. Since a gamepads mechanical travel is over a shorter distance, it is more sensitive to input.