Re: FR as wireless mouse
I would too, if I knew the first thing about physics, vectors, and accelerometry. ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: FR as wireless mouse
On Feb 27, 2009, at 15:43 , The Digital Pioneer wrote: > OK, so it's been on the wiki for a while now, to use the FR and > accelerometers as a wireless mouse. I even bought a bluetooth USB > adapter so I could use it as such, since I was under the impression > it was already done in Remoko. It's not, all I got was a wireless > touchpad. I already HAVE a touchpad on my laptop, thank you. :P So > is anyone ever going to do this? I elect you ! :) Steve ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: FR as wireless mouse
Yeah, you're the guy whose blog gave me the idea. I never heard of it again. If you won a competition with it, it must work to some extent... Is there any way to do it yet? I don't need a whole lot of precision, as long as it doesn't skip all over the screen like a bad optical mouse. :P ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: FR as wireless mouse
On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 3:27 PM, Gunnar Aastrand Grimnes wrote: > I am sorry to ruin your dreams, but the accelerometer is nowhere > accurate enough for this to work. It only really works well for > rotations (since the gravity then changes). They are accurate enough, but the kernels drivers/code are very unstable, I only can reach that with a very old kernel. Proof of concept video: http://codebits.sapo.pt/s/presentations/20 (sorry only in Portuguese :( ) -- Valério Valério http://www.valeriovalerio.org > > See http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Accelerometer_Fundamentals > > > > - Gunnar > > The Digital Pioneer wrote: >> OK, so it's been on the wiki for a while now, to use the FR and >> accelerometers as a wireless mouse. I even bought a bluetooth USB >> adapter so I could use it as such, since I was under the impression it >> was already done in Remoko. It's not, all I got was a wireless touchpad. >> I already HAVE a touchpad on my laptop, thank you. :P So is anyone ever >> going to do this? >> >> -- >> Thanks, >> >> The Digital Pioneer >> >> >> >> >> ___ >> Openmoko community mailing list >> community@lists.openmoko.org >> http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community > > > -- > Gunnar Aastrand Grimnes > gunnar.grimnes [AT] dfki.de > > DFKI GmbH > Knowledge Management > Trippstadter Strasse 122 > D-67663 Kaiserslautern > Germany > > Office: +49 631 205 75-117 > Mobile: +49 177 277 4397 > > > > ___ > Openmoko community mailing list > community@lists.openmoko.org > http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community > ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: FR as wireless mouse
Gunnar Aastrand Grimnes wrote: > I am sorry to ruin your dreams, but the accelerometer is nowhere > accurate enough for this to work. It only really works well for > rotations (since the gravity then changes). But you could use it by rotating as in iput device for http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9BnLbv6QYcA&feature=channel ;) > > See http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Accelerometer_Fundamentals > > > > - Gunnar > > The Digital Pioneer wrote: >> OK, so it's been on the wiki for a while now, to use the FR and >> accelerometers as a wireless mouse. I even bought a bluetooth USB >> adapter so I could use it as such, since I was under the impression it >> was already done in Remoko. It's not, all I got was a wireless touchpad. >> I already HAVE a touchpad on my laptop, thank you. :P So is anyone ever >> going to do this? >> >> -- >> Thanks, >> >> The Digital Pioneer >> >> >> >> >> ___ >> Openmoko community mailing list >> community@lists.openmoko.org >> http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community > > ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: FR as wireless mouse
I am sorry to ruin your dreams, but the accelerometer is nowhere accurate enough for this to work. It only really works well for rotations (since the gravity then changes). See http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Accelerometer_Fundamentals - Gunnar The Digital Pioneer wrote: > OK, so it's been on the wiki for a while now, to use the FR and > accelerometers as a wireless mouse. I even bought a bluetooth USB > adapter so I could use it as such, since I was under the impression it > was already done in Remoko. It's not, all I got was a wireless touchpad. > I already HAVE a touchpad on my laptop, thank you. :P So is anyone ever > going to do this? > > -- > Thanks, > > The Digital Pioneer > > > > > ___ > Openmoko community mailing list > community@lists.openmoko.org > http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community -- Gunnar Aastrand Grimnes gunnar.grimnes [AT] dfki.de DFKI GmbH Knowledge Management Trippstadter Strasse 122 D-67663 Kaiserslautern Germany Office: +49 631 205 75-117 Mobile: +49 177 277 4397 ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: FR as wireless mouse
> > OK, so it's been on the wiki for a while now, to use the FR and > accelerometers as a wireless mouse. I even bought a bluetooth USB adapter so > I could use it as such, since I was under the impression it was already done > in Remoko. It's not, all I got was a wireless touchpad. I already HAVE a > touchpad on my laptop, thank you. :P So is anyone ever going to do this? I'm interested in this application (as a tester...the only contribute that I can do, sorry). What do you think about the FR also as a USB mouse (in order to charge it when you use it)? Cheers Giacomo -- /_\ The ASCII Per comunicare in modo riservato: \_/ Ribbon Campaign gpg --keyserver pool.sks-keyservers.net \ X Against HTML--recv-keys 20611EAD /_\ Email! ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: FR as wireless mouse
You could try to submit a bug report / feature request on remoko. I assume it could be expanded:) ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
FR as wireless mouse
OK, so it's been on the wiki for a while now, to use the FR and accelerometers as a wireless mouse. I even bought a bluetooth USB adapter so I could use it as such, since I was under the impression it was already done in Remoko. It's not, all I got was a wireless touchpad. I already HAVE a touchpad on my laptop, thank you. :P So is anyone ever going to do this? -- Thanks, The Digital Pioneer ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
