How does a Mouse know when you move it? || How Does a Computer Mouse Work?
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You've probably used a mouse today. But do you know how it works? Check out https://www.pcbway.com/ for all kinds of PCBs, easy ordering, and quick delivery. Take a look at their PCB Assembly, for an inexpensive population of the components on your PCBs. 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. Do you want to support in-depth engineering and technology education? Support us on: https://www.patreon.com/brancheducation Website: https://www.branch.education On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BranchEducation/ On Twitter: https://twitter.com/TeddyTablante On Insta: https://www.instagram.com/brancheducation/ Or Join us on YouTube Memberships: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdp4_l1vPmpN-gDbUwhaRUQ/join 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 #ComputerMouse #HowItWorks #Mouse
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