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Plugging mouse into mbed

Topic last updated 12 Sep 2012, by William Yznaga. 2 replies
William Yznaga
06 Sep 2012

I just have one quick question . . . is it possible that I could plug in, or at least cause the mbed to receive the input of a USB optical mouse? I have a USB port adapter for the mbed (like a hub, plugged into the mbed). I don't want to use the mbed as a mouse, I want to plug a mouse into it.

little llumpu
07 Sep 2012

Hello William, You can get started with BlueUSB PS3 from Bart Janssens http://mbed.org/users/BartJanssens/code/PS3_BlueUSB/. It is modified BlueUSB library made by Peter Barrett http://mbed.org/users/peterbarrett1967/code/BlueUSB/.

This allows You to read data fom USB devices like keyboards, mouses, gamepads, wii gamepad over Bluetooth USB dongle... It also allows You to use USB hub so You can use more devices at the same time.

Library from Bart Janssens in addition allows You to use gamepad from PlayStation 3 gaming console over USB and over Bluetooth USB dongle too.

William Yznaga
12 Sep 2012

Thank you for the suggestions, but what I have in mind is running my own program, and using input from a mouse to create an algorithm. Does that mean I need to find a library capable of those functions, or is there a way to convert BlueUSB into a library?

Also, how would use BlueUSB as a program or library to capture input from a mouse?