Why is nobody making a mouse with a motion sensor!? All the mice Clem could find online use optical sensors, so he asks the question: why not use an IMU (inertial measurement unit) as a way to track the movement of a mouse in space?

Armed with a PCB he made in KiCad and great ambitions, he soon encounters the truth: it's really hard! The math is challenging, and the outcome would barely be usable, but Clem also learns that building a 3D air mouse this way would be quite easy.

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#0:00 Welcome to element14 presents
#0:21 Overview
#2:04 The PCB
#5:09 Assembly
#7:18 The ... Code?
#10:53 New Mouse and Code!
#13:33 Putting the Mouse to Use!
#14:49 Give Your Feedback

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