Sun Three Button RGB Light Doodler Mouse.

Intro: Sun Three Button RGB Light Doodler Mouse.

I meet Lori Stotko and Stuart Nafey http://lightdoodles.com/ at this years Makers Faire Auditions.
They had these cool Light pens they had made to doodle with.
I decided to make some when I got home, and remembered the old Sun three buttoned mouse I had saved in my parts bin .

STEP 1: Sun Mouse

Here is the mouse, I had removed the cable years back for so other project.

STEP 2: Sun Mouse Opened.

Here is the mouse opened and the three buttons I will use.

STEP 3: Removing All Hardware.

I decided to remove all unneeded hardware to make room for the battery holders.I also added a ground wire for the batteries.

STEP 4: Battery Holders.

I am using two 2032 battery holders for power.

STEP 5: LED Holder.

From my parts bin of old computer and electronic parts I found a 6 wire pin cable to connect the 3 LEDs to the switches .

STEP 6: Soldering the 6 Wire Connector.

The six wire connector was soldered to the three switches and a common ground.

STEP 7: Completed RGB Board.

Here is the board after soldering ready to test.

STEP 8: Reassembiling Sun Mouse.

Now to see if it fits back in the casing.

STEP 9: It Works!

Using the red LED that was in the mouse and adding the green and a blue I fired it up.
Success !

STEP 10: Dont Forget the Camera Remote....

During the same build I made a remote for my Canon so I would not shake the camera while exposing the shot.

STEP 11: Drawing in the Dark....

Make the room dark, (I waited for night) push the remote shutter, draw!
I found the Blue and Red were really over powered the green, perhaps I will put a pair of resistors
on those.also I could buy a RGB led with all the emitters in one , but this was made with parts "mined" for old Tech waste.

Comments

[kentkb]

Other "Doodlers"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGEPRfT5LSM

[kentkb]

Canon rebel....any, on Craig's List

[fallenspirit123]

any one know where I can get a good SLR camera for really cheap? Im tired of using my current one that only allows me to do 15 seconds and i I have no remote for it :/

[Orchestrapit]

Very creative use of materials. nice instructable!

[kentkb]

I made this so the leds plug in to a small socket , and I can change them out for other colors, RGB seemed the nice starting point1

[Orchestrapit]

sweet, i think this calls for a trip to r-shack!

[kentkb]

Great!, Let me know if you start one. kentkb

[HotPinkBulb]

What a perfect use of that mouse, i absolutly love this! Perfect Job!

[kentkb]

I hate to throw out anything.... Just ask my wife Laurie. Thank you. KentKB

[joejoerowley]

Cool! Nice instreuctable!

[kentkb]

It was fun to figure out. KentKB

[Brennn10]

Neat! I love light doodling.

[kentkb]

Fun stuff huh? KentKB

[UberPug]

that looks like an optical mouse from the 80s.. weird

[kentkb]

It Is! Thanx, kentkb

[ELF]

Oh yes, and that mouse goes nice with a dual core 64bit machine from the same time ;) That's Sun Microsystem's old standards. They were "ahead". There were some limitations though. The mouse reguires a special dotted mousepad :S

[kentkb]

Elf, That right! I remember the dotted mouse pad.... Thank you, Kent KB

[ELF]

I used to have a 350Mhz sparkstation I think it was called.. Turned out one of the slot plates had fallen off inside it and short circuited the main board, frying just about all the components :( It was obsolete when I got it, but I'd still have loved to play with it... Something cool about running a 64bit system from "back then" :P

[kentkb]

Yeah, I think this was a mouse from the mid 80's we had at the Opera, maybe a Spark 10? Kent KB

[GorillazMiko]

Done very neatly, great job. Light doodling rules. +1 rating and vote. (added to favorites)