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Electronics => Electronics => Topic started by: fr4ncium on November 13, 2007, 05:11:20 PM

Title: Optical Mouse CCD
Post by: fr4ncium on November 13, 2007, 05:11:20 PM

I found an old page on hackaday that has a hack to turn an optical mouse into a scanner, but the host link is dead now and I haven't been able to find a backup site.  Anyone familiar with what must be done to salvage the sensor and grab input from it, or any idea what sort of resolution the sensors provide?

Thanks!

Title: Re: Optical Mouse CCD
Post by: hgordon on November 13, 2007, 07:59:53 PM

Do a search on the Avago ADNS-2610.  You'll find source code for using it as a scanner.  It's actually a very interesting chip.