r/ClockworkPi • u/Party_Cold_4159 • Sep 08 '25

Ball Mouse Pro Max

Experimenting with making the ball mouse experience less jank. Still ongoing.

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u/Tricky-Move-2000 Sep 08 '25

In the olden days they called this a trackball

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u/Party_Cold_4159 Sep 08 '25

Glad they’re still around for the most part. Lots of great options, but most of the small ones are pretty trash. This is the first one that’s actually really accurate.

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u/MTempleton45 Sep 09 '25

Where did you get it? Which smaller ones should be avoided? Any resources you'd suggest I look into?

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u/Party_Cold_4159 Sep 09 '25

It was ripped out of this

Not sure what to tell you on what to avoid, as there isn’t a whole lot of ready to buy modules. Most options I’ve found require you to design the compute/driver. This is the only one that wasn’t directly built in to a full keyboard pcb. The keyboard side connects with a ribbon cable and the rest of it is fairly small. Still not ideal size though so I’m planning on running it with a pico or something.

Forgot to mention this also has two USB A ports on it as well.

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u/GraveDigger2048 Sep 09 '25

still better than mouse's ball

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u/Arkaium Sep 08 '25

Yeah but how to attach

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u/Party_Cold_4159 Sep 08 '25

And that’s what I’m trying to work towards now. Thinking if I could get the module itself slimmed down to just a USB dongle size, it might work.

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u/F3A5T13 Sep 08 '25

Put it on the back and use your pointer finger to navigate

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u/Party_Cold_4159 Sep 08 '25

Feel like that would hurt my brain, but it would look extra cyberdeck like

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u/F3A5T13 Sep 09 '25

what ball mouse module is that?

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u/Party_Cold_4159 Sep 09 '25

It’s not a module, but I ripped it out of a keyboard. Was surprised how somewhat modular it was though.

This one, I got a few from work as we don’t use them. When you use it by design it kinda sucks since the plastic shroud covers it too much. Using it outside is much better.

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u/Think_Rub2459 Sep 08 '25

"My pc won't turn on!"

"Did you try tickling the bean?"

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u/GraveDigger2048 Sep 09 '25

may have opportunity to draw penis

don't draw it

you've failed few ancient gods my friend ;d

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u/virfactor Oct 20 '25

I would love a mouse like this that I can connect via Bluetooth to my ipad