Alteration in DeathAdder w-mouse w22 and the addition of wheel tilts
just I want to apologize for bad English.
text translation "google-translator".
«DeathAdder» came at me, back in the distant 2006. He served me faithfully for several years, then it was different mouses.
For me, the main drawback DeathAdder, a small amount of extra buttons and no wheel tilts. On the slopes of the wheel, while working in of windows, I have appointed Copy / paste. It is very convenient. The tilt wheel game right, I use as target detection, ie, index finger constantly "tremolite" wheel to the right.
I'm very used to this, and no mouse wheel tilts for yourself can not imagine.
The Action Plan, taking into account the serious doubts in successful wheel alterations, drew this:
1. Alteration of the wheel.
2. Add additional buttons.
3. Exchange of electronics - the creation of W-mouse.
4. Refining body.
In the majority of mice with slopes wheel design is used in the wheel suspension "the bed" - at the same time pressing the buttons tilt levers is carried out on the bed, and the "wheels clicking" button aka the third mouse button is pressed one of the axes of the bed.
For the "bed" for a long time, I went through the different options - either to do it from the individual "panels", or to find something ready, suitable size.
As a result, well-approached the body of the capacitor. The insides have been removed, the body is cut in half. Make a hole for the wheel axles, at the ends of the axis of the delivered PTFE bearings.
At the wheel was shortened axis on which the encoder.
Encoder (wheel speed sensor) should hang on the axis of the wheel, but his body does not rotate, it had to be fixed - it used a small curved clamp made of thin metal.
The front mounting bracket and wheel from lock encoder:
It made in the support hole so that the shaft can move somewhat up / down:
As you can see in the picture, to put a button under the rear axle "crib", you must make an additional payment.
Installed "expanding" tab. We used glass fiber 0.5mm thick
As can be seen from the axis of Teflon it had to cut and use a long screw:
The most "light" were firm omron button.
Installing the "back" button, which is pressed wheel
Installation of the front wheels tilt buttons:
Levers for pressing the side buttons were made of steel strips (pulled from old automobile "janitors"):
Fitting in the body of the mouse:
So the first point of the plan can be regarded as fulfilled - the wheel has received the slopes.
I must say that the press were tight.
The second point of the plan - the extra buttons on top of the mouse
two buttons, which I have designated «Home» and «End» - it is very convenient, in the browser, to go to the beginning or end of the page, but in the games is also actively used to select additional props.
Fitting in a fully assembled "back" of the housing. By the way can be seen and used a shabby condition of the hull:
Since the first two point plan successfully completed, you can proceed to the third point - the creation of W-mouse-based DeathAdder.
W-mouse gaming mouse is a project with unique capabilities.
In order to evaluate possible adjustments to show a screenshot of the window W-mouse.
In the image screen described by the mouse settings of the program and the picture she sees the surface of the glass mat:
In short - the microcontroller is used (in this case ATMEGA32U4) - which replaces the staff. This allows for additional features and improved performance of the mouse. For example, when setting w-mouse, a specific rug can be read from the sensor surface of the photo mat.
Firmware, and in general the whole project W-mouse,
the result of human effort known by the nickname Walkie - he lives in the south-west Russia.
Remaking boiled down to the following steps:
- Removed the "old" controller and all unnecessary elements.
- Remove unnecessary sensor communication and new ones are added.
- Added wiring to connect to the motherboard with a "new" controller, as well as multi-color RGB LED,
to indicate an active profile.
- Established with the controller board.
- Filled firmware.
Fitting installation fee for the microcontroller:
Installed on board microcontroller. On the main board wiring prepared for communication with the microcontroller board. Installed a variable resistor for adjusting the backlight current sensor. Installed LED "profile".
W-mouse may use one of the six profiles.
Switching profiles can be done as a separate button or automatically by a special program that tracks the active window, and includes the appropriate profile.
In front of the mouse body, which is always visible, made of frosted Plexiglas box (pulled her out of the old CDROM).
After that connect the microcontroller board was carried out and filled with flashing W-mouse.
The most exciting moment - the first inclusion:
Checking the operation of the card with buttons and a wheel:
Next, the assembly was made in a mouse body, a fully operational state and its verification conducted in the browser, and in the game BF4.
The audit showed that the side pressing wheel is very "heavy", it is further aggravated by the fact that the wheel DeathAdder lateral sides rounded.
Also pressed hard for the wheel.
Installing new side buttons required rework pressing levers.
a lever which is secured by two screws had to be completely machined from a piece of a 3 mm thick duralumin
As a result, the side pressing steel wheels with light and pleasant.
The back was painted with alkyd paint with a certain roughness ( «rust-oleum multicolor textured»), it is important because if the surface is smooth hand unpleasantly sticky.
The final form of the mouse:
Project W-mouse on Russia-overclockers site
forums.overclockers.ru/viewtopic.php?f=47&t=330808