Arduino Tutorial: Get Traveled Distance Using ADNS-9800 Laser Mouse Sensor

Intro: Arduino Tutorial: Get Traveled Distance Using ADNS-9800 Laser Mouse Sensor

The ADNS-9800 Laser gaming sensor comprises of sensor and VCSEL in a single chip-on-board (COB) package. ADNS-9800 provides enhanced features like programmable frame rate, programmable resolution, configurable sleep and wake up time to suit various PC gamers’ preferences. The advanced class of VCSEL was engineered by PixArt Imaging to provide a laser diode with a single longitudinal and a single transverse mode. This Laser gaming sensor is in 16-pin integrated chip-on-board (COB) package. It is designed to be used with ADNS-6190-002 small form factor (SFF) gaming laser lens to achieve the optimum performance featured in this document. These parts provide a complete and compact navigation system without moving part and laser calibration process is NOT required in the complete mouse form, thus facilitating high volume assembly. The sensor is based on Laser technology, which measures changes in position by optically acquiring sequential surface images (frames) and mathematically determining the direction and magnitude of movement. It contains an Image Acquisition System (IAS), a Digital Signal Processor (DSP), and a four wire serial port. The IAS acquires microscopic surface images via the lens and illumination system. These images are processed by the DSP to determine the direction and distance of motion. The DSP calculates the Δx and Δy relative displacement values. An external microcontroller reads the Δx and Δy information from the sensor serial port. The microcontroller then translates the data into PS2, USB, or RF signals before sending them to the host PC or game console.

In this tutorial You will learn how to connect ADNS-9800 Laser Mouse Sensor to Arduino and Display Traveled Distance (Δx) on 20x4 LCD

You can buy one from there: https://www.tindie.com/products/jkicklighter/adns-9800-optical-laser-sensor/

STEP 1: Building Circuit

First You Need to Build Circuit
You have to Connect Your Arduino to ADNS-9800 and LCD Screen
You can download Circuit from there: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/vcu90sescnt10l2/Laser%20Mouse%20Control.fzz

STEP 2: Uploading Code

Now Connect Your Arduino to Computer.
Download Arduino Project at https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/4b3hy0y87f3a67b/Laser%20Mouse%20Sensor%20Code.rar
Then Open it, Select Your Board and Your COM Port and Click Upload Button

NOTE: You have to activate +5V mode first (this tutorial is written for arduino uno (any arduino will work which uses Atmega8 - Atmega16 - Atmega32)), To activate +5V mode you have to cut the three traces on the 3.3V side between the exposed sets of pads, and add three solder bridges to the 5V side of the board (Be careful don't damage board).When you will activate +5V mode and then connect it correctly it will work fine, but remember code that is uploaded doesn't show distance in meters and you have to decrease loop delay to speedup sensor. If you are removing LCD please edit code to display distance that sensor has traveled

Comments

[joelreodica]

Hi! How accurate are repeatable linear measurements? I'm exploring using this to track fine movements of video camera lens' zoom/focus ring rotations but am debating the repeatable accuracy of this type of tech versus an absolute rotary encoder. Simply analyzing my USB laser mouse, as i move it side to side between fixed end-stops, the cursor always results in a different position. Never the exact same location on my screen. Would love to learn more about this laser mouse sensors repeatable accuracy. Thank you!

[1nDestructable]

I am curious. Your diagram shows a rotary encoder and was wondering what component you chose for this. Does it work as a scrollwheel or more as a scrollring?

Thanks for the circuit diagram. Extremely helpful. Other instructables have missed this.

[Gigi Butbaia]

Actually its not rotary encoder, it's ADNS-9800 laser sensor, which don't uses any moving parts like scroll wheel, instead it uses IR laser and optical sensor.

you can also make traveled distance sensor using scrollwheel but circuit and code would be completely different, also it would be less accurate

[1nDestructable]

I'm referring to the component in the bottom right corner that has 3 prongs.
https://www.instructables.com/file/FP84BW2HLZRTN6F

[AlexanderS290]

the depiction rather looks like a trimming poti - might it be used for contrast or backlight control of the display?

[1nDestructable]

Actually. N/m I see it is a potentiometer.

[jtloper1]

For some reason the code won't compile. I hope this is something simple.

There are pages of console out put but the issue seems to be:

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exit status 1

'prog_uchar' does not name a type

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Full Dump: https://goo.gl/qTx3iX

[KMan97]

Change "prog_uchar" to "const unsigned char". Apparently the Arduino IDE got changed to not accept prog_uchar anymore.

[SandraW115]

Hi!

I'm working on this code now for days but I cant get it to work properly. I want to see my traveled distance in cm in the serial monitor. Is there anyone who got it all working and wants to share his or her conde with me?

I saw a code down here but since it was posted 3 years ago I can't open it anymore...

It is for a project for my study, but I am not really good at arduino.

I tried my best but are almost giving up...

10247048753049823467394 thanks if you want to help!

[JasonC11]

Hi Gigi - I'm trying to use this to monitor the speed of movement. At first blush everything seems to be working, but xydat[0] seems to always be -1, 0 or 1 instead of a byte showing the distance moved since the last reading so it's really inaccurate unless you're moving really slowly. Any idea what could be causing this?

[wgdal]

Hi GIgi, I am having a similar issue. The counter counts up and down, but is very inaccurate at any speed, say 5'/min. Is there a way to change the resolution of the ADNS-9800?

Thanks

[JasonC11]

You can change the resolution using REG_Configuration_I (http://datasheet.octopart.com/ADNS-9800-Avago-datasheet-10666463.pdf page 29). However, this doesn't appear to solve this issue.

[wgdal]

Hi Jason, any luck making an accurate measurement?

[JasonC11]

Hi wgdal - I got it working using Gigi's fix. Where xydat is defined, change it to:

volatile byte xydat[4];

int16_t * x = (int16_t *) &xydat[0];

int16_t * y = (int16_t *) &xydat[2];

And where xydat is read in UpdatePointers(), change to:

xydat[0] = (byte)adns_read_reg(REG_Delta_X_L);

xydat[1] = (byte)adns_read_reg(REG_Delta_X_H);

xydat[2] = (byte)adns_read_reg(REG_Delta_Y_L);

xydat[3] = (byte)adns_read_reg(REG_Delta_Y_H);

Then (*x) and (*y) will contain accurate counts. Make sure you normalize by the CPI to get the distance.

[wgdal]

JasonC11, can you please post your code? I applied Gigi's fix, but still no luck. It appeared to change nothing.

Thanks in advance

[JasonC11]

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/13441886/Laser_mouse_jrc.zip

[neaton14]

Hey JasonC11, can you explain the math you're doing on the xydat[0] and xydat[2] in this line? I see the 2.54 so I assume you're going from inches to cm, but I'm not sure where the 200 is coming from along with the FS*1e-6, or 0.1 (1e5*1e-6).

distancex = float(*x)/200*2.54/(FS*1e-6);

Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks

[JasonC11]

He neaton14,

The 200 comes from the CPI, which is set at line 177. Thus you get the distance count (*x) divided by the CPI to get inches, multiplied by 2.54 to get cm, and divided by (FS*1e-6) to get cm/second.

Check out p29 of the datasheet (http://datasheet.octopart.com/ADNS-9800-Avago-data... for more information on how to set the CPI.

I'm not really sure why I set it to 200, but you should be able to tweak it for your application.

[MagdaL6]

Hi, just a question, What is mean with the FS value u are using? I get many Data from my sensor and i really try hardly to get the traveled way out of it...but i can't get it...

[neaton14]

Thanks for the explanation! Yeah I tweaked the values through trial and error and now I get solid inch & centimeter readings.