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Excuse me while I totally geek out on this amazing video that goes into more detail than I’ve ever seen on the software and hardware inside a computer mouse, with terrific graphics.

You’ve probably used a mouse today. But do you know how it works?
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In this video, we explore the different parts of a computer mouse and we’ll focus on the optical navigation system. Specifically, we’ll look at how exactly computer mice can track their movement on a mouse pad. Finally, we take a look at the difference between gaming mice and normal mice, and we explore DPI or dots per inch and how different mice have different amounts of DPI.

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Animation & Modeling: Mike Radjabov
Modeling: Prakash Kakadiya
Script: Teddy Tablante
Twitter: @teddytablante
Voice Over- Phil Lee

Table of Contents:
00:00 - Inside of a Computer Mouse
00:43 - Image Sensor
03:16 - Cross-Correlation Algorithm
05:42 - Gaming Mice vs Normal Mice
06:50 - What exactly is DPI or Dots Per inch?
07:43 - How do we reach 25,000 DPI?
09:29 - Specs of different computer mice
10:39 - PCBWay Sponsored Segment
11:23 - Outro

Key Branches from this video are: Printed Circuit Boards, Lithium-Ion Batteries, Scroll Wheel, Bluetooth

Erratum:

Animation built using Blender 2.90.1 https://www.blender.org/
Post with Adobe Premiere Pro

Internet References:
Logitech MX Master 3 Teardown offers an Intriguing look at its new scroll wheel
https://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2019/10/9/20906042/logitech-mx-master-3-teardown-bolt-magspeed-scroll-wheel-engineering

https://blog.bolt.io/logitech-mx-master-3-vs-2s/

Fixing the Logitech MX Master Scroll Wheel
https://toemat.com/logitech-mx-master-fix/

Details of the Image Sensor
https://www.pixart.com/

Inside the Omron D2FC-F-7N Microswitch
https://www.gonnalearn.com/inside-omron-d2fc-f-7n-microswitch/

What is Mouse DPI? Does DPI Matter?
http://xahlee.info/kbd/mouse_dpi.html

Logitech Mouse Review. Logitech MX Master Wireless Mouse. Packaging and Equipment
https://playfmrussia.ru/en/programmy/logitech-obzor-myshek-besprovodnaya-mysh-logitech-mx-master-upakovka-i.html

Razer Viper Gaming Mouse Review: Lefties Bestie, Righties’ Meh-stie
https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/razer-viper-mouse

Wikipedia contributors. “Computer Mouse” , Interpolation Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, Visited October, 2021

Music Credits
Kindred

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