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is it possible to use a mouse with the usb chicklet on the OI? i have no idea since I have never used one of the chicklets, but if it is, then you could attach a 15pin connector to the chicklet and solder cut-off PWM cables to the other side of it and attach to the robot controller. it all hinges on if the chicklet can recognize the mouse and work with it then. it says in the .pdf file for the chicklet that it can use a "microsoft inteligent optical mouse" so then, you could make a modification of a backup battery recharge circuit for powering the chicklet and have it all be a custom circuit.

well, so far in my head I have come up with a way to do it. so, it would be just like rigging up a custom OI box, but attaching to the robot instead. use the pinout guide on IFI's website to help you find which pins should be connected to the analog connectors of the robot controller, and which should be connected to the digital pins.

note: I have no experience with using optical mice with the robot or with the chicklet, but I know that if the chicklet is supposed to emulate a joystick, then it can produce the same signal as the stuff in the joystick, which also happens to be the same stuff intended to connect to the robot controller, namely 10k ohm potentiometers.