Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Laser DRO ??

On Monday, April 1, 2002, at 05:21 PM, baccus61 wrote:

> Hi gang,
> I have been reading with interest all the posts on the digital
> readouts and just had a thought. Has anyone thought of using the
> laser mouse for a cheap DRO? These work on almost any surface and
> seem to have a fair resolution but would the resolution be great
> enough for the task at hand! I have one pulled apart that was fried
> in a power surge (along with the rest of my computer) and there
> isn't much to it.
> Just a thought and what do you all think?
> Rich.

It might work better if you used something with a pattern to pick up off
of though. The way these mice work is there is a little ccd sensor in
there that take like a thousnad pictures a second of the surface and
figures out where you were moving.

HP is a major manufacturer of the modules inside almost all of the
mouses.

-Jerry

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