nano-trackball
A very small trackball-only mouse. Mechanical files, PCBs, and firmware all included. (by ploopyco)
ADNS5050
Arduino Library for Avago ADNS5050 (by okhiroyuki)
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nano-trackball
Posts with mentions or reviews of nano-trackball.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-07-05.
- Ploopy Adept is an open source, customizable trackball that sells for about $60
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Moonlander Ploopy Nano Mod
Files and Links I used 1. Final Mod: https://www.printables.com/model/520579-ploopy-nano-btu-mod-with-zsa-moonlander-right-thum 2. Github for BTU Mod & Buying BTUs: https://github.com/gbrnt/ploopy-nano/tree/master/hardware/mechanicals-btu-mod 3. Ploopy Nano; github, kit on website 4. ML Thumb Pad Blanks: https://www.printables.com/model/232829-moonlander-thumb-pad-blanks 5. Original Mount Mod: https://www.printables.com/model/480064-ploopy-nano-mount-for-zsa-moonlander-keyboard
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Moonlander + Ploopy Nano : anyone else out there?
I have been using a Moonlander for a bit more than 2 years now and have been loving it! Up until a few months ago I used a Logitech M570 alongside it. Looking for a trackball at the office, too, I then went out and bought a Logitech M575 only to realize very quickly that it just is not the same. So my search for an alternative set in almost immediately. Luckily I was also following r/Trackballs and learned about the Ploopy Nano Trackball which I hoped would pair very nicely with my Moonlander. And indeed, it does! I am still getting used to the layout changes I had to make to accomodate the one missing thumb cluster but so far I am absolutely loving it!
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This Dygmate has ALL the balls.
Ploopy*
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My first Dactyl
It’s a Ploopy Nano. Been using it, with any mouse buttons mapped to left keyboard half for about 6 months now and it’s really helped keep my hands pain free.
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Microsoft Ballpoint Mouse
The Ballpoints predate my time in the Hardware group by a few years, but I'd be surprised if anyone that worked on those devices would have expected the color to be so nice on the device all these years later, and that the plastic wasn't too brittle to keep it in use today. Might just be easier to take something like the Ploopy Nano and make a case for it to meet your needs vs. trying to retro fit the Ballpoint.
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Beeball info/guide/alternative
alternatively, Ploopy Nano (no buttons) or Meishi Trackball
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Experience customizing Raise Firmware
So far I've done 2 modifications in the form of Kaleidoscope plugins, both of which I've put up on Github for those curious: • Mouse Layer - This switches my homerow keys to mouse keys whenever mouse movement is detected: wallisc/Kaleidoscope-MouseLayer (github.com). I use to do this with Bazecor by creating a separate layer and manually switching to the layer using a layer shift, but found I used the layer so much that layer shifting became fatiguing for my finger. Then I heard of a modification in the ErgoMechKeyboards reddit where QMK was modified to trigger mouse keys on mouse which inspired me to try something similar. I'm a trackball user and I love this modification, it allows me to use the Ploopy Nano (https://ploopy.co/nano-trackball/) which has no mouse keys but I also enjoy it with my CST L-trac, which does have mouse keys but are stiff and generally less pleasant than the keyboard switches. For fun, I animate the color of all the keys I'm overriding with a rainbow shift effect, this is how it looks in action: https://imgur.com/a/ptOHkcS • Alt Tabber - This overrides certain keys when the left-alt is held. Primarily used for quick alt-tabbing: wallisc/Kaleidoscope-AltTabber (github.com). I have alt as a thumb key and using this I can change the F/J keys to turn into Tab so I can alt tab without moving my hand off the homerow. I also override 4->F4 because alt-f4 is handy. Currently I just set any overridden keys to red, but probably will update it to have some fun LED animations as well at some point Disclaimer: There's probably some inefficient code but at the very least it's fairly simple if people are just curious what a plugin code looks like.
- Possible to purchase *just* the nano board?
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Prototype: Auto-activate mouse layer on mouse movement
I believe that one is the Ploppy Nano, you can get more information about it here: https://ploopy.co/nano-trackball/
ADNS5050
Posts with mentions or reviews of ADNS5050.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-06-24.
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Hey! Is there a simple to use optical mouse sensor for ESP32 ???
Which library are you using? https://github.com/okhiroyuki/ADNS5050?
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hey! I wanna connect an Optical Sensor with Arduino. I hooked it up like it shows in the data sheet and I am using a library from github. But I only get weird readings, could someone tell me what I am doing wrong? links below!!!
Link to the data sheet: https://media.digikey.com/pdf/Data%20Sheets/Avago%20PDFs/ADNS-5050.pdf Link the the library: https://github.com/okhiroyuki/ADNS5050
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hey beautiful people! I am in need of some help. Could someone tell me how to connect an optical sensor (ADNS-5050) to an arduino. bear in mind i just started to work with arduino and electronics in general.
Looks like this project hasn't been updated in a while. But you can try this for a library to use. https://github.com/okhiroyuki/ADNS5050
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Electronics for a computer mouse. Sensor is a discount ADNS-5050. Running on an ATmega32u4 (Leonardo). Details in comments.
Currently, it has a polling rate of 1,660Hz. This isn't really indicative of the final performance as its very barebones. Most of the firmware is from this Github repo.
What are some alternatives?
When comparing nano-trackball and ADNS5050 you can also consider the following projects:
aball - A Ball - Buttonless trackball for all
pmw3360-breakout - Breakout board for PMW3360 optical mouse sensor
trackball - Code for a trackball I'm building from scratch
zmk-config
qmk_firmware - keyboard controller firmware for Atmel AVR and ARM USB families
arduino-adns-5050 - Arduino library for handling the ADNS 5050 optical mouse sensor
PMW3360DM-T2QU - https://www.tindie.com/products/jkicklighter/pmw3360dm-t2qu-motion-sensor/
dumbpad - Simple 4x4 numpad with rotary encoder. Powered by QMK via ATmega32u4 Pro Micro
Sodaq_DS3231 - Arduino library for DS3231
Chordie - A chording keyboard you shouldn't be scared of
trackball - A trackball mouse. Mechanical files, PCBs, and firmware all included.
nano-trackball vs aball
ADNS5050 vs aball
nano-trackball vs pmw3360-breakout
ADNS5050 vs trackball
nano-trackball vs zmk-config
ADNS5050 vs qmk_firmware
nano-trackball vs arduino-adns-5050
ADNS5050 vs PMW3360DM-T2QU
nano-trackball vs dumbpad
ADNS5050 vs Sodaq_DS3231
nano-trackball vs Chordie
nano-trackball vs trackball