A mouse is truly a treasure tool with infinite DIY possibilities!
Anything, any extra functionality, as long as it combines with a mouse, can easily create a subtle silly atmosphere.
Mouse with Scanning Function — Place this thing on the paper document you need to scan, and it can immediately scan the contents of the document and convert it to a Word document in 1 second.
Is it a bit of a useless item with a hint of convenience, and in that convenience, a hint of deception?
Mouse with Camera — emmmmm, at first glance, it seems a bit cool, but upon closer inspection, it’s actually worse than a phone in terms of pixels and price, so what’s the point if I already have a phone?
Mouse with Legs — It can run and hide, the purpose is to make it hard for you to catch it! Samsung even thought of this trick to encourage employees to leave work on time. Okay, I actually kind of like this one…
Balance Mouse launched by Samsung card
However, whether it has legs or a camera, these mice ultimately cannot escape the status of being a “computer accessory”, which is a bit disappointing. Today, I want to introduce a fully matured hardcore mouse, yes, the kind that can “control itself”.
A YouTuber named Electronic Grenade personally designed, printed, and assembled a mouse with complete computer functionality!
Computer Mouse
Don’t doubt it, it is a mouse that is equipped with complete computer functionality…
It has a scroll wheel, infrared signal transmission, and its usage method is exactly the same as a regular mouse.
Its overall size is also not much different from a regular mouse.
However, to keep the size of the computer mouse as small as possible, Electronic Grenade chose a 1.5-inch OLED screen as the display for the computer.
1.5 inches, about 3 centimeters in length and width, staring at it for 10 minutes while typing a few words might actually make you go blind…
Sharp-eyed friends might have noticed that on the left bottom side of the computer mouse, there is a white stripe less than 1 centimeter wide.
That… is actually a keyboard.
Rii Bluetooth wireless keyboard, which can be pulled out from the side to type directly, the functionality is simply complete…
However, the side-opening keyboard looks awkward, if it could be improved with a hinge to flip it, it would be perfect.
On the upper right corner of the body, there is a small mechanical switch for power on and off.
These are the peripherals, now let’s take a look at its internal hardware.
Electronic Grenade used a Raspberry Pi Zero W as the processor for the computer operation. Then it used a mini operating system called Raspbian as the computer operating system.
The battery is a mini lithium battery bought online, charged via USB, and can last for about half an hour with careful use.
Although small, it has all the essential components. Although all the equipment is a small and low-spec version, this mouse computer may have more functions than you think.
Come on, let’s try writing an article~
Or, let’s play a game of “Minecraft”!
According to Electronic Grenade’s personal testing, it can run for 15 seconds before crashing.
In fact, besides the computer mouse, Electronic Grenade has DIYed many interesting gadgets.
Like a game controller with a built-in host…
3D printed the shell and made a tablet…
Or, carved a wooden laptop…
Interested friends can search for Electronic Grenade on Bilibili to check out his other videos.
Image and data source:
1. YouTube Video: The “Computer” Mouse: A DIY Project
2. The ‘Computer’ Mouse is a mouse that is also a fully functional computer, theverge
“His world only lasts 15 seconds”
