Maarten Hofman wrote :

> 
> 
> > But mosts mouses wakes up in a standard config, and I
> > don't think one *have* to write to them, generaly speaking.
> 
> You are completely right. There is no need to write if you want to 
use
> them, and if you do decide to write to them, you end up in a 
quagmire
> of non-standard protocols. Setting things like resolution and update
> speed are still doable, but the more fancy stuff (like scroll 
wheels)
> uses a different mechanism for each mouse.

Yep, the reason I was looking into this, was that I got hold
of a batch of touchpads originaly ment to be mounted
in som IBM laptop. The touchpad wakes up as a standard
mouse using rellative x/y coords, but can be programmed
to switch to absolute mode (you get an absolute x/y coord
of where the finger is placed).

I thought of writing some "host-side" code to a PIC to see
what could be done with them. Some fancy robotics input
device maybe... :-)

Here's what it looks like :
http://www.tradera.com/auction/aid_20035500
(The auction is mine, it's not where *I* found them...)

Regards,
Jan-Erik.



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