We saw a lot of custom keyboards on hackday. Seriously, we can’t count. But is this the custom of mice? These questions are much more elusive. However, we will not be surprised if this excellent example of Tyler Richard becomes popular.
The goal is to create a customizable mouse that can match the performance of Logitech MX Master 3, but the price does not exceed $100. Finally, [Tyler] said that due to the refresh rate of 1000 Hz, the response speed of his mouse is about 10 times that of Logitech, and the total cost is only a small part of the retail price of Logitech. However, as you might expect, there are one or two traps.
First of all, he said, it is very difficult to obtain the pixart pmw3389 mouse sensor for a single time. It seems that he can get the samples because he is a student, but you have to find a way to get one from the company. There is no friendly GUI to configure the mouse. In fact, if you want to modify any button of the mouse, you need to write some code. Oh, although the cheapo donor mouse you need for the parts is wireless, the replacement mouse you want to install currently only supports wired operation.
Well, we admit it’s not perfect. But if you want your input device to work, this is still a big step in the right direction. After some improvements, maybe some people are willing to buy Sensors in bulk. We can see that this project has become quite popular. At the same time, you may have to settle for shit.