How to Make A MouseBus
We will show you his idea on a mousebus. A great idea from 233mmx.
Materials needed (very similar to materials needed for a 4-device baybus)
- 1x spoilt mouse (Microsoft Mouse is a good choice due to its “fat” profile)
- 1x project box (1″ x 2″ x 3″ recommended)
- 2x 4-way spring clips (with 2 screws each)
- 1x 4-pin male molex with pins
- 1x 5/6-pin male/female molex with male/female pins
- Electrical wires (lots of it!)
- 4x 750 Ohms (0.25W) resistors
- 4x SPST switches
- 4x 1.5V/0.015A LEDs (superbright green/red/blue recommended)
- 4x plastic LED holders (2-piece type recommended)
- 4x LED holders (those from my previous article!)
- Heatshrink tubes (good to have a range of different sizes)
- Solder wires (preferbly use thick ones)
- Cable ties
- Superglue/epoxy (to stick back the parts of the mouse, e.g. scroll button & ball)
Tools needed
- Power drill
- Crimping/stripping pliers
- NT cutter (for cutting excess plastic parts within mouse)
- Pliers (for removing excess plastic parts within mouse)
- Scissors
- Screwdriver (to open/assemble the mouse)
- Solder iron
- table clamp (for easy soldering)
Basically the procedure for making this MouseBus is exactly the same as a baybus. You can refer to the relevant sections in this FAQ for the details of making a baybus.
Procedure
- drilling the holes on suitable locations on the mouse for the switches and LEDs
- use the NT cutter & pliers to remove the plastic fins within the mouse so as to create more space
- due to the cramp space inside the mouse, use heatshrink wherever possible to prevent shorting of the wires
- using a 5/6-pin molex (instead of wire connectors) makes the connection convenient & foolproof
- use the superglue/epoxy to glue back the scroll button to make it look like a working mouse
- make space & put back the ball before assembling the mouse
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