The robot in question is a skid-steer 4-wheeled toy, to which he has added an ADNS3080 mouse sensor fitted with a lens, an H-bridge motor driver board, and a Wemos D1 Mini single board computer.

Those sensors are finicky and a few problems during testing prompted him to look at a redundant system. Right now he’s experimenting with adding an optical mouse sensor to the autonomous vehicle.

It comes with an optical sensor and has a USB 2.0 port which ... option if you are looking for a pocket friendly wired mouse for your computer. Despite being an affordable option, it comes with ...

They work by emitting light from an LED or laser, and a CMOS sensor detects the light reflections as the mouse is moved. Early optical mice required a special mouse pad, but modern devices can be ...