Hacking a Wireless Mouse


i purchased mad catz rat m wireless mouse.
turned out amazon reviewers right , it's piece of crap.
any 5€ mouse has more reliable software , wireless communication.
now thinking turning wired mouse using ardino micro or teensy.
reading out buttons shouldn't problem, laser sensor, philips twin eye pln2020,  seems complicated.
although has been market 10 years, there hardly documentation sensor.
according mikrocontroller.net (http://www.mikrocontroller.net/articles/philips_twin-eye) uses 8mhz spi interface.

now possible read out sensor using arduino micro?

theoretically spi clock divider can set half system clock (16mhz/2=8mhz).
but not sure if arduino able handle both sensor , pc communication.

the serial comms absurdly slow compared arduino's clock speed. there plenty of time talk spi sensor.


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