Posted by Bill Lash on October 28, 1999 at 20:01:40:
In Reply to: Who is getting these $4.00 trackballs? posted by Jerky on October 28, 1999 at 19:21:28:
: A must have for all.
: I just recieved the 6 that I ordered, These things are
: built. I'm not sure to hack into a mouse or try to wire
: the exsisting controls. Like radioman said "even if you
: buy them for a spinner hack". They have a long shaft with
: the optical wheel attached so a spinner set-up looks easy.
: I would love to use the exsisting circuit, but there are
: 10 wires to wire up verse the 6 that the mouse has.
: Any help to this problem would be great.
: Below is the link for there site. They said the they have
: 100's of them, they come in white or black.
: Thanks in advance,
: Jerky
I am planning on getting a few, but I keep forgetting to order them.
From the Pinout description posted the other day, it sounds like the output is not quadrature encoded, but instead is encoded as pulses on the appropriate directional output. This will make it hard to hook up to mouse guts without doing some internal surgery. If anyone gets one hooked up to a mouse guts, let us know.