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Re: Those pesky mice...

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Originally Posted by Altainia View Post
This year knowing where you are would be muy importante. Thus, our team has kind of decided to use optical mice, two of them, to determine position and direction. After doing some searching I have cleared up some of my questions but I still have two:

1) Does anyone have a brand they might recommend and a way to (semi) easily wire both mice to the Robot Controller? (e.g. a converter)

2) If not, with a recommended brand could you include specs on the wires so I could (hopefully) do it myself?

Thanks.
The Chiklet is the only legal way to do a USB conversion to the controller ports. It does need its own power, though.

Barring that, you would need to wire your own connection.
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