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Visualising Optical Mouse Sensor Data Using Arduino And Processing

Posted January 29, 2015 by Chris

"If you open a common optical mouse you will most likely find two chips inside — one being a general purpose micro-controller and the other an optical mouse senor. The sensor captures images of the surface below the mouse at high frame rate. It uses captured images to calculate the displacement the mouse is moved over time. Incidentally, it is also able to provide the raw image data. "

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