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DIY Optical Sensor to Mouse Hack
TheManuel:
--- Quote from: SirPoonga on May 29, 2003, 03:32:41 pm ---Here's what I did for my happs trackball. I got a mouse hack (the mouse hack from oscarcontrols). I wired the corresponding pins from the trackball wiring harness to the pins on the mouse hack. It works great.
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That would be the sure and proven way to go but it's also expensive.
I guess I'm trying to figure out a way of making work what I have already.
Tiger-Heli:
--- Quote from: TheManuel on May 29, 2003, 03:43:54 pm ---
--- Quote from: SirPoonga on May 29, 2003, 03:32:41 pm ---Here's what I did for my happs trackball. I got a mouse hack (the mouse hack from oscarcontrols). I wired the corresponding pins from the trackball wiring harness to the pins on the mouse hack. It works great.
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That would be the sure and proven way to go but it's also expensive.
I guess I'm trying to figure out a way of making work what I have already.
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$9 or $12.5 for OSCAR's mouse hack is probably less expensive than the time you'll spend figuring out how to solder together your existing components, but that's up to you.
TheManuel:
--- Quote from: Tiger-Heli on May 29, 2003, 04:09:27 pm ---$9 or $12.5 for OSCAR's mouse hack is probably less expensive than the time you'll spend figuring out how to solder together your existing components, but that's up to you.
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Yes but I would then have to buy a USB hub and extension cable and encoder wheel and either Oscar's Optical sensor or do it myself.
So you see, there is also work and money involved in that one.
Tiger-Heli:
--- Quote from: TheManuel on May 29, 2003, 04:38:03 pm ---
--- Quote from: Tiger-Heli on May 29, 2003, 04:09:27 pm ---$9 or $12.5 for OSCAR's mouse hack is probably less expensive than the time you'll spend figuring out how to solder together your existing components, but that's up to you.
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Yes but I would then have to buy a USB hub and extension cable and encoder wheel and either Oscar's Optical sensor or do it myself.
So you see, there is also work and money involved in that one.
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If there's a MicroCenter near you www.microcenter.com, I got a 4-port USB hub there for about $5 on sale and USB extension cables for $1-2 on sale, but I see your point.
TheManuel:
--- Quote from: Tiger-Heli on May 29, 2003, 04:47:44 pm ---If there's a MicroCenter near you www.microcenter.com, I got a 4-port USB hub there for about $5 on sale and USB extension cables for $1-2 on sale, but I see your point.
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At those prices I see YOUR point!
I'll check into that because I could then interface my spinner directly trough a USB mouse which a lot of people have done.
Thanks.