Arc Mouse Mystery

Posted By: Minh | Sep 17th @ 7:26 PM
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#Sep 18th @ 2:01 PM
Dodo
Dodo
I'm your creativity creator™ :)

You don't seem to know how cheap those things are, do you? High precision three-axis accelerometer chips go for ~1USD retail, mass volume orders from the manufacturer and you get down to ~0.30USD per unit. Now, how much does a laser diode or the whole mouse cost? Smiley

#Sep 18th @ 2:06 PM
Bas
Bas
It finds lightbulbs.

Less, otherwise they would've made accelerometer-mice instead of laser-mice. Tongue Out

#Sep 18th @ 2:23 PM
Dodo
Dodo
I'm your creativity creator™ :)

Nope. A 'Sanyo DL-7140-201S' 840 nanometer laser diode costs around 6-8USD a piece retail.

There's no accelerometer mice on the market either, they're still in the research phase, or something like that.

#Sep 18th @ 2:45 PM
Bas
Bas
It finds lightbulbs.

Uh, there are plenty of accelerometer mice on the market. You use them for presentations and stuff.

#Sep 19th @ 4:34 AM
Dodo
Dodo
I'm your creativity creator™ :)

I thought they work with an IR laser beam to the projection surface, that get's caught by a camera or something like that. Apple filed a patent for a low power accelerometer/optical hybrid mouse in 2006. Did there ever happen something in that area?

#Sep 19th @ 5:41 AM
W3bbo
W3bbo
The Master of Baiters

Those mice are notoriously expensive though, but the ones I saw were gryoscopic, they didn't use solid-state accelerometers.

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