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This is my homemade trackball made from two mouses. The first one is a optical mouse. It detects where the ball is. The second mouse holds the ball and operates the buttons.
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Oct 30, 2010. 12:56 AMklee27x
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Don't you have to invert one axis, somehow?
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Oct 30, 2010. 4:56 AM
joespicnictables (author)
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joespicnictables (author)
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no, the opitical mouse senses the ball moving and moves the mouse. But the left and right is mixed up. So i use a mouse programs that flips it.
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Dec 14, 2010. 6:36 PMGrizzlyWizzly
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That's what he meant by asking if you had to invert one axis I'm pretty sure. :D Nice work!
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Aug 21, 2011. 5:07 PMVijster1
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what is the program
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Aug 20, 2011. 9:56 PMVijster1
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How is the soccer ball fixed in its position?
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Aug 21, 2011. 4:34 PMjoespicnictables (author)
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joespicnictables (author)
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if you look closely, there is a piece of the center of a cd there (the part with the hole).
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Oct 23, 2010. 6:27 AMsalomon1996
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salomon1996
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nice! good job! :D
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Oct 24, 2010. 5:59 AMjoespicnictables (author)
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joespicnictables (author)
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Thanks!! :D :D
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Oct 26, 2010. 2:34 PMsalomon1996
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salomon1996
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one question, why two cords? couldn't you have just made it with one?
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Oct 30, 2010. 4:57 AMjoespicnictables (author)
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joespicnictables (author)
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the first cord senses the buttons and the second cord senses the movement.
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Aug 20, 2011. 9:55 PMVijster1
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As mice are low-power devices, you can match up the ps/2 and usb wires and solder them together. This would eliminate one cord, and allow for both devices to continue to work.
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