This is a cheap diy version of the Spacemouse, a 6DOF mouse for CAD softwares
I already tried to make the “old” version but it barely worked at all
Movements were pretty wonky, and using keyboard/mouse inputs didn’t work too well in fusion 360
The remixed one is definitely easier to print/assemble, and the fully emulated spacemouse is a big improvement
The only problem I had was with defining the custom Arduino board
You’re supposed to copy files from “C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\hardware\arduino\avr to ~\Documents\Arduino\hardware\daemonbite\avr” but I don’t have this folder
Thanks to @jeyeager I found those file in “C:\Users[USER]\AppData\Local\Arduino15\packages\arduino\hardware\avr\1.8.6”
Once I copied those and edited the boards.txt file, the “spacemouse” immediately showed up in the 3dconnexion software after re-uploading the sketch
It’s really missing some buttons and it’s pretty hard to get comfortable using it, but so far it’s pretty cool
I really struggle with the twist motion though…
EDIT: Maybe I can try on my wife’s macbook, but I dont think she has any CAD software installed, and I personally tend to keep away from those pesky white laptops…
I’m impressed with all of this. Definitely interested. I’m a definite maybe on doing this! I appreciate your pioneering work in getting better version built and working.
This falls squarely in that sweet spot of interesting yet relatively simple and inexpensive. Except I used this as a reason to buy a dupont connector kit and proper crimpers.
It’s a quick print, not sure if it’s really inexpensive. The original is 180 euro and 3x arduino pro micro, 5x joysticks and some cables is 80 euro when sourced from amazon.
The Amazon price for US / N. America buyers is better. I got the arduino boards (3x) for $18.99, so $6.34 for one for this device, and the joysticks (5x) for $9.88. So less than $30 for all, and only about $16 of it will be for this project.
