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How To Interface PS2 Mouse With Arduino- (Part 35/49)

By Ajish Alfred July 19, 2013

The microcontroller based systems implemented in any kind of applications are actually stand-alone tiny computers. They can give output through display screens, loudspeaker etc. like a personal computer does. The microcontroller systems can take input also from standard input devices like keyboard, mouse etc. like a PC does. This article explains how to interface a standard PS2 mouse with the easy prototyping platform Arduino.
The arduino board is built around an AVR microcontroller and it has all the required circuitary to get the built-in AVR microcontroller running. The arduino can communicate with the other devices using its digital I/O, serial port, I2C port, SPI port etc. Any AVR microcontroller based board which follows the standard arduino schematic and is flashed with the arduino bootloader can be called an arduino board. The arduino IDE is so simple to use that anyone who has basic knowledge of c programming can quickly get started with it.
The PS2 mouse is a device which can communicate with a host device using the PS2 protocol. It can be connected to a host device using the 6 pin mini DIN connector. The mouse will continuously give output which can be decoded to get the movement in the X-Y plane and also the status of the buttons on the mouse.

 

The PS2 mouse uses a synchronous communication with the PC which is very much similar to the Two Wire Interface protocol. The PS2 connector has a pin for Data and another pin for Clock and using only these two pins the mouse communicate with the host device. The mouse always has 6 pin mini-DIN male connector for PS2 interface and the host device always has the corresponding female pin. The images and the pin-outs of the PS2 male and female connectors are shown in the following image;

The image of the PS2 male pin

 6 Pin Mini-DIN Male Connector For PS2 Interface

Fig. 2: 6 pin mini-DIN Male connector for PS2 interface

The image of the PS2 female pin

 6 Pin Mini DIN Female Connector Plug For PS2 Interface

Fig. 3: 6 Pin Mini DIN Female Connector Plug for PS2 interface

The pin-out of the PS2 male and female connectors

Pin-Out Of PS2 Male And Female Connectors

Fig. 4: Pin-Out Of PS2 Male and Female Connectors

When it comes to connecting the female connector with the circuit board one should be able to identify the pins at the bottom of the PS2 connector and the following image will be helpful.

Bottom Of Mini DIN Female Connector Plug For PS2 Interface

Fig. 5: Bottom of Mini DIN Female Connector Plug for PS2 interface

In this project the Arduino pro-mini board is used which is pre-programmed with the Arduino boot-loader. The programming IDE used for this project isArduino IDE version 1.0.3 on windows operating system. The image of the Arduino pro-mini board and the Arduino IDE is shown in the following;

 Typical-Arduino-Pro-Mini-Board

Fig. 6: Typical Arduino Pro-Mini Board

 

Arduino IDE Software Window

Fig. 7: Arduino IDE Software Window

Another hardware which can perform the USB to TTL conversion is used to upload the program into the arduino board.

External USB To TTL Converter Board For Programming Arduino And Serial Communication

Fig. 8: External USB to TTL converter board for programming Arduino and serial communication

It is assumed that the reader has gone through the project how to get started with the arduino and done all the things discussed in it.The code written for this project uses the custom PS2 library file called “PS2Mouse.h” which has all the necessary routines for accessing a PS2 mouse. There are two functions which the user can directly make use in their code and are namely “mouse.initialize()” and “mouse.report(data)”. The details of the functions are discussed in the following.

mouse.initialize()

The function mouse.initialize() is used to perform all the necessary things to initialize data reporting from a mouse. Once the initialization is done properly the mouse starts sending the data regarding its X-Y movement and the status of the buttons on the mouse. The function takes no parameter and returns nothing but will exist only when the initialization is properly done.

mouse.report(data)

The function mouse.report(data) can be used to read the current data from the mouse. The function should be provided with an integer array of three elements and the function will fill the elements with the required values. The first element is written with the status value, the second element with the X movement value and the third element will be written with the Y movement value.

If there is no movement in the X-Y plane the value for both the second and the third variables will be zero and if there is no button press the first element will be having a value 8. The first element of the array will be having the values 8, 10 and 12 for left-button press, right-button press and center-button press respectively.

The values are displayed on the Serial monitor window with the help of the functions Serial.begin(),Serial.print() and Serial.println() which are already discussed in previous projects on how to do serial communication with the Arduino, how to send and receive serial data using arduino and how to do serial debugging with the Arduino.

Make sure that the files “PS2Mouse.h” and “PS2Mouse.cpp” are kept in the same folder where the .pde file has been saved. When the coding is finished one can verify and upload the code to the Arduino board as explained in the project how to get started with the Arduino and can observe the variations in the X and Y values as the mouse moves and also can find the status of the buttons on the mouse.

 

 

Project Source Code

###




/*============================ EG LABS ===================================//

 Demonstration on how to use PS2 MOUSE with an arduino board

 The circuit:

 LCD:

 * LCD RS pin to digital pin 12

 * LCD Enable pin to digital pin 11

 * LCD D4 pin to digital pin 7

 * LCD D5 pin to digital pin 6

 * LCD D6 pin to digital pin 5

 * LCD D7 pin to digital pin 4

 * LCD R/W pin to ground

 * 10K resistor:

 * ends to +5V and ground

 * wiper to LCD pin 3

 * LED anode attached to digital output 9

 * LED cathode attached to ground through a 1K resistor

 MOUSE:

 DATA PIN TO PIN NUMBER 8

 CLOCK PIN TO PIN NUMBER 3

============================== EG LABS ===================================*/

#include "PS2Mouse.h"

#define MOUSE_DATA 8                                                              

#define MOUSE_CLOCK 3

// include the library code:

#include <LiquidCrystal.h>


// initialize the library with the numbers of the interface pins

LiquidCrystal lcd(12, 11, 7, 6, 5, 4);


PS2Mouse mouse(MOUSE_CLOCK, MOUSE_DATA, STREAM);             // initializing the PS2 library


int data[2];

int led = 9;


void setup()

{

  pinMode(led, OUTPUT);     

  lcd.begin(16, 2);

  lcd.print("ENGINEERS GARAGE");

  lcd.setCursor(0, 1);

  lcd.print("    PS2 MOUSE   ");

  delay(2000);

  lcd.clear();

  Serial.begin(38400);

  

  mouse.initialize();                             // initializing the PS2 mouse connected with the Arduino

  digitalWrite(led, HIGH);  

}


void loop()

{

  mouse.report(data);                                                       // get data from the mouse


  if((data[1] != 0) || (data[2] != 0) || (data[0] != 8))

  {

      lcd.clear();

      Serial.print("X = ");

      lcd.print("X=");

      Serial.print(data[1]);                                                 // X Movement Data

      lcd.print(data[1]);

      lcd.setCursor(0, 1);

      

      Serial.print(", Y = ");

      lcd.print("Y=");

      Serial.print(data[2]);                                                 // Y Movement Data

      lcd.print(data[2]);  

      

      if(data[0] == 9)

            Serial.print(", LEFT BUTTON");                                  // Status Byte

      else if (data[0] == 10)

            Serial.print(", RIGHT BUTTON");                                 // Status Byte

      else if (data[0] == 12)

            Serial.print(", CENTRE BUTTON");                                // Status Byte

      else;

      

      Serial.println();

  }else;


}
//******** PS2.h*******//

#include "WConstants.h"

#include "HardwareSerial.h"

#include "PS2Mouse.h"

#include "Arduino.h"


PS2Mouse::PS2Mouse(int clock_pin, int data_pin, int mode) {

  _clock_pin = clock_pin;

  _data_pin = data_pin;

  _mode = mode;

  _initialized = false;  

  _disabled = true;

  _enabled = false;

}


int PS2Mouse::clock_pin() {

  return _clock_pin;

}


int PS2Mouse::data_pin() {

  return _data_pin;

}


void PS2Mouse::initialize() {

  pull_high(_clock_pin);

  pull_high(_data_pin);

  delay(20);

  write(0xff); // Send Reset to the mouse

  read_byte();  // Read ack byte 

  delay(20); // Not sure why this needs the delay

  read_byte();  // blank 

  read_byte();  // blank

  delay(20); // Not sure why this needs the delay

  if (_mode == REMOTE) {

    set_remote_mode();

  } else {

    enable_data_reporting(); // Tell the mouse to start sending data again

  }

  delayMicroseconds(100);

  _initialized = 1;

}


void PS2Mouse::set_mode(int data) {

  if (_mode == STREAM) {

    disable_data_reporting(); // Tell the mouse to stop sending data.

  }

  write(data);  // Send Set Mode

  read_byte();  // Read Ack byte

  if (_mode == STREAM) {

    enable_data_reporting(); // Tell the mouse to start sending data again

  }

  if (_initialized) {

    delayMicroseconds(100);    

  }

}


void PS2Mouse::set_remote_mode() {

  set_mode(0xf0);

  _mode = REMOTE;

}

  

void PS2Mouse::set_stream_mode() {

  set_mode(0xea);

  _mode = STREAM;

}


void PS2Mouse::set_sample_rate(int rate) {

  if (_mode == STREAM) {

    disable_data_reporting(); // Tell the mouse to stop sending data.

  }

  write(0xf3); // Tell the mouse we are going to set the sample rate.

  read_byte(); // Read Ack Byte

  write(rate); // Send Set Sample Rate

  read_byte(); // Read ack byte

  if (_mode == STREAM) {

    enable_data_reporting(); // Tell the mouse to start sending data again

  }

  delayMicroseconds(100);

}


void PS2Mouse::set_scaling_2_1() {

  set_mode(0xe7); // Set the scaling to 2:1

}


void PS2Mouse::set_scaling_1_1() {

  set_mode(0xe6); // set the scaling to 1:1

}


// This only effects data reporting in Stream mode.

void PS2Mouse::enable_data_reporting() {

  if (!_enabled) {

    write(0xf4); // Send enable data reporting

    read_byte(); // Read Ack Byte

    _enabled = true;

  }

}


// Disabling data reporting in Stream Mode will make it behave like Remote Mode

void PS2Mouse::disable_data_reporting() {

  if (!_disabled) {

    write(0xf5); // Send disable data reporting

    read_byte(); // Read Ack Byte    

    _disabled = true;

  }

}


void PS2Mouse::set_resolution(int resolution) {

  if (_mode == STREAM) {

    enable_data_reporting();

  }

  write(0xe8); // Send Set Resolution

  read_byte(); // Read ack Byte

  write(resolution); // Send resolution setting

  read_byte(); // Read ack Byte

  if (_mode == STREAM) {

    disable_data_reporting();

  }

  delayMicroseconds(100);

}


void PS2Mouse::write(int data) {

  char i;

  char parity = 1;

  pull_high(_data_pin);

  pull_high(_clock_pin);

  delayMicroseconds(300);

  pull_low(_clock_pin);

  delayMicroseconds(300);

  pull_low(_data_pin);

  delayMicroseconds(10);

  pull_high(_clock_pin); // Start Bit

  while (digitalRead(_clock_pin)) {;} // wait for mouse to take control of clock)

  // clock is low, and we are clear to send data 

  for (i=0; i < 8; i++) {

    if (data & 0x01) {

      pull_high(_data_pin);

    } else {

      pull_low(_data_pin);

    }

    // wait for clock cycle 

    while (!digitalRead(_clock_pin)) {;}

    while (digitalRead(_clock_pin)) {;}

    parity = parity ^ (data & 0x01);

    data = data >> 1;

  }  

  // parity 

  if (parity) {

    pull_high(_data_pin);

  } else {

    pull_low(_data_pin);

  }

  while (!digitalRead(_clock_pin)) {;}

  while (digitalRead(_clock_pin)) {;}  

  pull_high(_data_pin);

  delayMicroseconds(50);

  while (digitalRead(_clock_pin)) {;}

  while ((!digitalRead(_clock_pin)) || (!digitalRead(_data_pin))) {;} // wait for mouse to switch modes

  pull_low(_clock_pin); // put a hold on the incoming data.

}


int * PS2Mouse::report(int data[]) {

  write(0xeb); // Send Read Data

  read_byte(); // Read Ack Byte

  data[0] = read(); // Status bit

  data[1] = read_movement_x(data[0]); // X Movement Packet

  data[2] = read_movement_y(data[0]); // Y Movement Packet

  return data;

}


int PS2Mouse::read() {

  return read_byte();

}


int PS2Mouse::read_byte() {

  int data = 0;

  pull_high(_clock_pin);

  pull_high(_data_pin);

  delayMicroseconds(50);

  while (digitalRead(_clock_pin)) {;}

  delayMicroseconds(5);  // not sure why.

  while (!digitalRead(_clock_pin)) {;} // eat start bit

  for (int i = 0; i < 8; i++) {

    bitWrite(data, i, read_bit());

  }

  read_bit(); // Partiy Bit 

  read_bit(); // Stop bit should be 1

  pull_low(_clock_pin);

  return data;

}


int PS2Mouse::read_bit() {

  while (digitalRead(_clock_pin)) {;}

  int bit = digitalRead(_data_pin);  

  while (!digitalRead(_clock_pin)) {;}

  return bit;

}


int PS2Mouse::read_movement_x(int status) {

  int x = read();

  if (bitRead(status, 4)) {

    for(int i = 8; i < 16; ++i) {

      x |= (1<<i);

    }

  }

  return x;

}


int PS2Mouse::read_movement_y(int status) {

  int y = read();

  if (bitRead(status, 5)) {

    for(int i = 8; i < 16; ++i) {

      y |= (1<<i);

    }

  }

  return y;

}


void PS2Mouse::pull_low(int pin) {

 pinMode(pin, OUTPUT);

  digitalWrite(pin, LOW);  

}


void PS2Mouse::pull_high(int pin) {

  pinMode(pin, INPUT);

  digitalWrite(pin, HIGH);

}
###

 


Project Source Code

###




#ifndef PS2Mouse_h

#define PS2Mouse_h

#define REMOTE 1

#define STREAM 2


class PS2Mouse

{

  private:

    int _clock_pin;

    int _data_pin;

    int _mode;

    int _initialized;

    int _enabled;

    int _disabled;

    int read_byte();

    int read_bit();

    int read_movement_x(int);

    int read_movement_y(int);

    void pull_high(int);

    void pull_low(int);

    void set_mode(int);

  public:

    PS2Mouse(int, int, int mode = REMOTE);

    void initialize();

    int clock_pin();

    int data_pin();

    int read();

    int* report(int data[]);

    void write(int);

    void enable_data_reporting();

    void disable_data_reporting();

    void set_remote_mode();

    void set_stream_mode();

    void set_resolution(int);

    void set_scaling_2_1();

    void set_scaling_1_1();

    void set_sample_rate(int);

};


#endif

###

 


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