Insight - How Computer Optical Mouse works

Scroll Mechanism of Optical Mouse
 
When we rotate the wheel of a mouse, the potentiometer attached with the wheel as shown in the picture above also rotates, thereby producing different output voltages. The potentiometer works as a sensor and the output signal which is a variable voltage after processing is given to the PC.
 

Comments (15)

very good presentation !!!

Submitted by yashmin on Wed, 15/06/2011 - 18:30.

very good presentation !!!

great insight!

Submitted by nikhiljain (not verified) on Thu, 16/06/2011 - 10:53.

great insight!

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Submitted by kelvinmanoj on Thu, 16/06/2011 - 22:21.

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Submitted by nilandri on Fri, 17/06/2011 - 21:52.

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Submitted by romel_emperado on Wed, 22/06/2011 - 16:53.

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Submitted by Mayank Sharma44 on Sat, 25/06/2011 - 14:24.

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Submitted by niket27 on Wed, 03/08/2011 - 12:45.

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very good .............it

Submitted by Birendra Dhami on Fri, 25/11/2011 - 09:09.

very good .............it would b best if we can see the circuit as well.

 

 

article gives a good

Submitted by Somnath_69 on Mon, 16/01/2012 - 13:18.

article gives a good understanding of the internals of an optical mouse.....

 

this article gives only 

Submitted by babu191990 on Sat, 21/01/2012 - 00:39.

this article gives only  oversight of optical mouse

 

no words to say i think

Submitted by shubhankardhar on Tue, 24/01/2012 - 16:50.

no words to say i think wikipedia also failed in this context...hats off to the author...

Great Work,,,, Superb...Zafar

Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 06/07/2012 - 01:37.

Great Work,,,, Superb...

Zafar Raza

damn good

Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 28/07/2012 - 14:23.

damn good

Great Presentation........

Submitted by hariprasad1001 on Sat, 18/08/2012 - 09:19.

Great Presentation........

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Submitted by maheshgoundge on Thu, 11/04/2013 - 15:03.

really good.........