This Design Idea utilizes an optical computer mouse's sensor for measuring rotation of a disk which can be mechanically connected to any sort of rotating apparatus. One feature is to allow adjustment ...

In this tutorial, I will show how you can handle the optical sensor inside a cheap optical-mouse for your next microcontroller project. Hope, this will allow your preferred microcontroller to look at ...

Mouse optical sensor (ADNS-3090) repurposed into a pocket camera. It captures 30x30px and offers multiple shooting modes, palettes, exposure control, and PC transfer. The camera also allows you to ...