Guest Yevgenip Posted December 19, 2004 Report Share Posted December 19, 2004 Hi.I want to make a mouse with the ball on the upper side so you dont have to move your mouse, just rotate the ball. Any Ideas on how to suspend the ball so it will turn smouthly and still be clickable?Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ante Posted December 19, 2004 Report Share Posted December 19, 2004 Hi Yevgeni,This device is called a Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Yevgenip Posted December 21, 2004 Report Share Posted December 21, 2004 Yep. Can you help? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ante Posted December 21, 2004 Report Share Posted December 21, 2004 The construction of a mouse can differ so it will depend on what the Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Yevgenip Posted December 22, 2004 Report Share Posted December 22, 2004 Well, I can handle the mouse's body, I only need help about how to suspend the ball. The "Victim" uses two discs with holes that cross an infrared beam when the ball is rotated. The ball turnes the discs by turning two plastic sticks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ante Posted December 22, 2004 Report Share Posted December 22, 2004 Maybe you need to change the ball to make it work. A trackball has a hard surface ball but the standard mouse has a rubberball or at least a rubber surface ball. There is no easy way to suspend any Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Yevgenip Posted December 23, 2004 Report Share Posted December 23, 2004 So you're saying I should make a really smoooooth ball? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ante Posted December 23, 2004 Report Share Posted December 23, 2004 Do you play pool? 8)Thats the kind of ball I mean. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Yevgenip Posted December 26, 2004 Report Share Posted December 26, 2004 Yeah....Now you're talking...... 8)I'll get my polisher and start going nuts. Thanka a lot.P.S: I also figured out how to suspend it: just cover the rails with the rubber from the original ball. ;DThanks Again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EnigmaOne Posted January 2, 2005 Report Share Posted January 2, 2005 Except that the X-Y axis motion encoder rollers will be smooth as well, which is going to make for problems in getting them to track the motion if you go with a hard, smooth surface on the ball. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Yevgenip Posted January 2, 2005 Report Share Posted January 2, 2005 I said I am going to coat the rollers with rubber... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EnigmaOne Posted January 4, 2005 Report Share Posted January 4, 2005 Oh!"Rails" = "Rollers"My bad, obviously. ::) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ante Posted January 4, 2005 Report Share Posted January 4, 2005 Hi All,This is an international community and since English isn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EnigmaOne Posted January 5, 2005 Report Share Posted January 5, 2005 I offer my sincere apologies to Yevgeni P. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Yevgenip Posted January 5, 2005 Report Share Posted January 5, 2005 No, it is I who should be saying sorry for not making myself clear enough. English is not my native tongue eather, so I do make a lot of mistakes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJB2K3 Posted March 25, 2005 Report Share Posted March 25, 2005 sorry for late reply.There called tracker balls (track balls is close enough)why not use a cage baring (as used on bike wheels) and rest the ball on that?post pictures please i would like to see what you have done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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