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I just tried to send this reply directly to pavogel@pacbell.net and my message is returned as undeliverable. Is this some kind of "special" email address? So here is my answer, to the more general audience, please forgive; The two odd pieces, in (...) (25 years ago, 17-Nov-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Those cameras have a small, low-resolution CCD in them, and they take snapshots of the mousing surface and compare them to detect the quantity of motion. If you were going to use one of those mice your best bet would be to put together a (...) (25 years ago, 16-Nov-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Did you consider buying a $5 computer mouse and gutting it? That will give you not one but TWO slotted disks and TWO dual optical detectors. It's hard to imagine another solution for $2.50 per sensor! IIRC, most cheap mice are ~200 clicks per (...) (25 years ago, 16-Nov-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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The optical mice are still $50. I bought one and ended up taking it back, didn't work so well. But it definitely looked cool. Would probably make a good sensor though I don't know what kind of values it sends out... (...) (25 years ago, 16-Nov-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) How about (URL) you filter out the marketing-speak it would appear that the optical sensor is a combination digital camera and signal processor. Dunno what the chances are of getting any sort of intelligle output other than +/- x and y is. (...) (25 years ago, 16-Nov-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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