Building an Etch-a-Sketch USB Mouse

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  • @BlueishSapphire7
    @BlueishSapphire7 4 роки тому +983

    Imagine the embarrassment of dying to a guy using an etch-a-sketch in an FPS game.

    • @gamingcat341
      @gamingcat341 4 роки тому +45

      Mask 1O1 If that was me I would throw my computer across the room and buy an etch a sketch

    • @shoudehuang1244
      @shoudehuang1244 4 роки тому +12

      basically a worse controller

    • @cmbaz1140
      @cmbaz1140 4 роки тому +3

      I defeated some people using my feet in COD 2...nothing special

    • @straypaperplane
      @straypaperplane 4 роки тому +19

      There was one time I got carried in comp on csgo by someone who had never played cs before, and they were using their laptop's trackpad

    • @twoarrow9134
      @twoarrow9134 4 роки тому +6

      Ryan Rice there’s a guy with no arms or legs who has 509 fortnite wins with a mouth stick

  • @123TeeMee
    @123TeeMee 4 роки тому +783

    Now hook it up to that mouse controlled etch-a-sketch

    • @Uzedrname
      @Uzedrname 4 роки тому +135

      hmm
      yes
      the etch-a-sketch is controlled by etch-a-sketch

    • @KoDi82
      @KoDi82 4 роки тому +90

      Ah yes, engineering until redundancy, the best kind of engineering.

    • @nodnarbthegreatest
      @nodnarbthegreatest 4 роки тому +7

      Etch-A-Sketch but more real

    • @otesunki
      @otesunki 4 роки тому +1

      ROFLMFBO

    • @Izolus
      @Izolus 4 роки тому +3

      Finally, true analogue etch-a-sketch

  • @dragoncracker
    @dragoncracker 4 роки тому +475

    I feel like this should be used with e-ink display to make an etch-a-sketch with a save function

    • @busteraycan
      @busteraycan 4 роки тому +12

      I think to avoid damage, display would have to be refreshed for every 4-5 pixels drawn next to each other, which happens nearly all the time. I'm not sure tho.

    • @dragoncracker
      @dragoncracker 4 роки тому +11

      @@busteraycan Applied Science did a video on e-ink that i would have to revisit to have a better understanding of how driving the display would work

    • @wichaelalone
      @wichaelalone 2 роки тому +2

      Eink

    • @TheJamesM
      @TheJamesM 2 роки тому +8

      @@wichaelalone "Eink eink" is the sound made by a pig with an unusual accent.

    • @dizzydyzy
      @dizzydyzy 5 місяців тому

      Had the same idea seeing this.

  • @LoganDark4357
    @LoganDark4357 4 роки тому +171

    0:28 That "depends" hit my subwoofer HARD.

  • @nicnl255
    @nicnl255 7 років тому +238

    Awesome project.
    The shots are well framed, your explanations go straight to the point, both the mic and your voice are nice to hear.
    There's a lot of work in this video (and in the others too) and you deserve at least some recognition about it.

    • @Slash0mega
      @Slash0mega 4 роки тому +4

      meh, he could do with some mixing down on the stereo channels and volume equalization. wearing headphones his voice is drifting all over the place. left to right, quite to loud, and on another video, his voice was in my right ear while he was standing on the right side of the shot.

  • @runforitman
    @runforitman 4 роки тому +32

    the amount of elegant solutions your videos have is so inspiring
    I just know I would've gotten stuck with "I need more pins" and never have investigated this
    thank you for reminding me that problems should be investigated multiple ways

  • @sporehux8344
    @sporehux8344 4 роки тому +37

    9:22 the right click cancels the line your currently drawing, how many hundreds of hours i've used ms paint and never knew about this.

    • @hakureicirno6059
      @hakureicirno6059 3 роки тому +3

      It's not "cancel", it's because drawing with right button means using color 2 (so obviously, your "normal drawing", with left button, is using color 1), which is white on default. If you set color 2 to different color then you can draw in other color by using the right button.
      What's more astonishing, the eraser is not "erasing something off", it's just a brush with its color 1 and color 2 reversed. So by abusing color 2 you can even "erase" something to black.

    • @creator-link
      @creator-link 3 роки тому +3

      Hakurei Cirno it is cancel I just checked, I set the 2nd color to a non white color and then drew a line, right clicked and it canceled it

    • @doggfite
      @doggfite 3 роки тому

      @@creator-link I think that he means it's not a feature, it's not intended to cancel your line (there is an undo, who why would cancel be a feature to build into it). I think that it's just a side effect of it trying to draw in color 2 while it's already coloring and just not knowing how to handle that so it freaks out.

    • @creator-link
      @creator-link 3 роки тому +1

      But it does cancel it, and it does not try it with the 2nd color

  • @sanjacobs6261
    @sanjacobs6261 4 роки тому +445

    This was really cool until you said mouse acceleration

    • @pomegranatechannel
      @pomegranatechannel 4 роки тому +6

      why

    • @floof5359
      @floof5359 4 роки тому +3

      @@pomegranatechannel FOURTY FOUR SECONDS AGO

    • @NightVisionOfficial
      @NightVisionOfficial 4 роки тому +4

      yup, true disappointment

    • @OrangeC7
      @OrangeC7 4 роки тому +40

      @@pomegranatechannel If you do anything other than browse on your computer it can get annoying

    • @isaacfullerton
      @isaacfullerton 4 роки тому +27

      Pomegranate It isn’t accurate to how an actual etch a sketch works, and it can be frustrating to use in some cases. Not usually just everyday work on a pc though.

  • @RupeeRhod
    @RupeeRhod 4 роки тому +19

    Cool project, for the future consider volume of your audio. I'm currently playing the video at 2½ times my standard volume to have you audible, and the laser cutting was louder than your narration before it, but after as loud making me drop the volume to only twice as loud as my standard volume.

  • @SustainedFuture
    @SustainedFuture 4 роки тому +38

    Next feature: turning it upside down and shaking to erase the screen.

    • @doggfite
      @doggfite 3 роки тому +5

      *Shakes controller*
      Command Prompt: del C:\WINDOWS\system32

  • @moth.monster
    @moth.monster 4 роки тому +73

    yo i can't believe they made Shenzhen i/o into a real thing

    • @JasperJanssen
      @JasperJanssen 4 роки тому

      Shenzhen io?

    • @AdamsBrew78
      @AdamsBrew78 4 роки тому +2

      Jasper Janssen It’s a difficult assembler programming based logic/puzzle game on steam.

    • @Bluscream
      @Bluscream 4 роки тому

      Shenzen is a city in china

    • @Tuxfanturnip
      @Tuxfanturnip 4 роки тому +6

      @@JasperJanssen Shenzhen I/O is a puzzle game about designing and programming embedded systems for cheap Chinese electronics, squeezing out all the use you can get from limited hardware and optimizing for various parameters.

  • @anon_y_mousse
    @anon_y_mousse 2 роки тому +4

    This is quite possibly the coolest electronics project I've seen in years.

  • @Em.P14
    @Em.P14 4 роки тому +53

    uhm wouldnt it be easier to just take appart an old ball mouse and use its sensors for the ball ?
    EDIT: ah shit he even mentioned it, sorry

    • @arduinoguru7233
      @arduinoguru7233 4 роки тому +1

      I may self love doing thing from scratch , many think it useless but I feel myself more free independent person .

  • @JOELwindows7
    @JOELwindows7 4 роки тому +27

    This is your daily dose of Recommendation
    Mouse a Sketch

  • @jumpsplat120
    @jumpsplat120 5 років тому +1

    Oh man, I've seen other videos of your and didn't even realize it. I really enjoy your stuff! Subbed.

  • @xpeng121
    @xpeng121 4 роки тому +25

    USB Mouse ×
    SDVX Controller ✓

    • @xpeng121
      @xpeng121 4 роки тому

      @@ThatStella7922 XD

  • @easlern
    @easlern 4 роки тому +1

    The encoder ladder is such a good idea 👏

  • @georgebeard2337
    @georgebeard2337 4 роки тому +5

    considering it's a step motor you could turn it into a game controller knob with force feedback (very tiny racing simulator wheel) and then all you have to do is make an etch a sketch game with force feedback.

  • @rascalwind
    @rascalwind 4 роки тому +2

    Love the point to point. Some of the best guitar amplifiers are hand wired point to point.

  • @clicksandbeeps61
    @clicksandbeeps61 2 роки тому +1

    I was thinking of doing this myself, unless someone else had done it. Amazing job on this project, well done! 👍

    • @bob-ny6kn
      @bob-ny6kn Рік тому

      Do it anyway. It will give you more ideas during the build/code as the pieces start to work together. My first etch-o-sketch (not copyrighted) was just pots on the user port of a C64. Totally useless and flawed, except for the fun of building and ideas it created.

  • @2.7petabytes
    @2.7petabytes 4 роки тому

    You sir, are BRILLIANT!!

  • @fartsniffa57
    @fartsniffa57 4 роки тому +22

    Now build a mouse controlling the etch a sketch

    • @marshmellominiapple
      @marshmellominiapple 4 роки тому +2

      and then plug the etch a sketch controller into the etch a sketch

  • @theredstormer8078
    @theredstormer8078 2 роки тому

    3:47 gotta love those crunchy stepper drivers

  • @EmilFihlman
    @EmilFihlman 8 років тому +1

    This is really awesome!

  • @zachbrown7272
    @zachbrown7272 6 років тому +9

    i love your videos so far, but the sound of the laser cutter is killing me ;)

  • @evlshoots
    @evlshoots 4 роки тому

    personally, i don’t know much about the inner workings of much technology, and i’m learning along the way, i just wanted to mention that this reminds me of Evan Kales PS2 controller (essentially the same thing but it still uses start and select buttons) that used motors instead of rotary encoders because it was cheaper to recycle motors.

  • @trialen
    @trialen 8 років тому

    Very nicely done.

  • @Spartanhero613
    @Spartanhero613 4 роки тому +11

    that stereo audio voice is hurting my brain

    • @DDMultitracks
      @DDMultitracks 4 роки тому +3

      HOTHEAD for me it was when he said any word starting with P without a pop filter

  • @isaacsegura
    @isaacsegura 6 років тому +18

    i guess i can make a etch-sketch. device with strings and puleys, and actually work it backwards, moving the center point to move the knobs

  • @joefederico1501
    @joefederico1501 4 роки тому +14

    This is basically how ball mice work if people even remember them

    • @4.0.4
      @4.0.4 4 роки тому +5

      Some people still use them, due to masochistic tendencies.

    • @ketmax2805
      @ketmax2805 4 роки тому

      Trackballs are still very cool in this day and age.
      But ball mice are just sophisticated BDSM equipment

  • @ajahnmara3316
    @ajahnmara3316 3 роки тому +1

    now if you put one of them at a 90 degree angle and use a ball to move these around, flip it all upside down so that the ball rolls over the table when you move the contraption, you are back where we started

  • @ianbrown3689
    @ianbrown3689 4 роки тому +1

    I was kinda hoping this build was gonna be a giant etch-a-sketch with a ton of wires coming out of it. Saying I’m disappointed is a vast understatement

  • @skyjoe55
    @skyjoe55 4 роки тому

    OMFG this is such a great idea

  • @MrBubz_
    @MrBubz_ 4 роки тому +10

    *Then you use a etch-a-sketch mouse to control a computer that controls an etch-a-sketch*

  • @proxy1035
    @proxy1035 4 роки тому +1

    8:30 that's usually handled by the OS not the mouse itself (atleast i think so), in windows it's an option known as "enhance mouse precision" and basically anyone i saw online said to disable it because it's trash.

  • @QUINTIX256
    @QUINTIX256 4 роки тому +1

    If you put an accelerometer in there and make it a keyboard/mouse you could map picking up and shaking to ctrl+z

  • @MLFranklin
    @MLFranklin 5 років тому

    That is really cool.

  • @IronKeroro
    @IronKeroro 2 роки тому

    I haven't seen all of this video but these would probably work for sound voltex because the game uses two knobs and Unnamed sound voltex clone uses up/down and left/right mouse input by default.

  • @uggima1
    @uggima1 2 роки тому

    :D LOVE the "ahhh but we can just not go low on the reset pin and still use the analog input"

  • @AstoundingAmelia
    @AstoundingAmelia 2 роки тому

    Id recommend adding a non velocity mode to it like with the toggle mode

  • @akelli0429
    @akelli0429 4 роки тому +14

    -ты не сможешь нарисовать прямую линию в пеинте
    -подержите мое пиво

    • @shittestcat
      @shittestcat 4 роки тому +1

      Ok, i will translate
      - You can't draw straight line in paint
      - Hold my beer

    • @Scaramouche122
      @Scaramouche122 4 роки тому

      Minecraft's

  • @neonsilver1936
    @neonsilver1936 4 роки тому

    adhesive rubber pad on the bottom for grip would have really finished the controller nicely, imo. more of a user-comfort thing than necessary for the purposes here, though

  • @diamondjplayer5599
    @diamondjplayer5599 4 роки тому +4

    Im not sure if you realized but you just told us sound to build a SDVX controller...
    Thanks

  • @swirlingabyss
    @swirlingabyss 2 роки тому

    I love point to point wiring.

  • @pannekook2000
    @pannekook2000 2 роки тому

    unrelated to the cool project but you should sample that wood burner bc the noise it makes goes hard

  • @pokemonhacker01
    @pokemonhacker01 4 роки тому +1

    Nice seeing The School of Life's Alain de Botton doing something different!

  • @atomspalter2090
    @atomspalter2090 4 роки тому +1

    nice video

  • @bloodypommelstudios7144
    @bloodypommelstudios7144 4 роки тому +1

    Needs an accelerometer and be coded to start a new drawing when you shake it for a few seconds.

  • @someguystudios23
    @someguystudios23 4 роки тому

    Sometimes when I need really straight mouse movements I take the ball out of an old mouse and move the little rollers.

  • @andrewmead1434
    @andrewmead1434 6 років тому

    can i get the schematic of the encoders with the leds at 0:40?

  • @Narigopia
    @Narigopia 2 роки тому

    Genius!

  • @jonbonda1917
    @jonbonda1917 Рік тому

    Actually this is useful for building 3D models as u have finer control on navigating the 3d environment. 3D mouses are very expensive and this might be a good starting point project.

  • @AshvinRanjan
    @AshvinRanjan 3 роки тому

    Question: What was used for the USB adapter, I am trying something like this and am unable to find that they were using.

  • @SDWNJ
    @SDWNJ 4 роки тому +1

    This is very much like the very first mouse which had two wheels on the sides of a box, at a 90 degree angle. The wheels would roll as you moved the box around on a surface.

    • @timh.6872
      @timh.6872 4 роки тому

      Obviously there's an issue of friction in that case, but I wonder if using smaller omni wheels undeneath the palm could solve that problem? Arrange them in a V shape to make it symmetric, and you could actually keep the encoders clean via closed wheel wells.
      I like this idea. I suspect we haven't bothered because it's cheaper to use an optical sensor.

    • @skatingskelly
      @skatingskelly 2 роки тому

      @@timh.6872 consider: ball mouse

  • @mheermance
    @mheermance 2 роки тому

    I'm late to the party, but you're a madman, but in a good way.

  • @paulgupta2454
    @paulgupta2454 2 роки тому

    what kind of laser did you use there? k40?

  • @hampushallberg7590
    @hampushallberg7590 4 роки тому +4

    interesting project, well done too I'd say. I've thought about an easier way of making one of these, using just a dissasembled ball mouse. The really old ones usually had two small rotary encoders, which could probably be replaced and used the same way as in this video. You would need some buttons added to use as Left and right click/reset if necessary. Just a thought though.

    • @trashtrash2169
      @trashtrash2169 6 місяців тому

      Somebody didn't watch the whole video.

  • @notcrazyne5551
    @notcrazyne5551 4 роки тому +1

    Ight, imma sub

  • @yeong126
    @yeong126 4 роки тому +1

    The mouse button hold mode trigger was interesing. I would've done that by adding a new button just for that..which is not good.

  • @bob-ny6kn
    @bob-ny6kn Рік тому

    What are the hours of operation, and what is the location, of the Mitxela Museum of Art?

  • @agustinsida8877
    @agustinsida8877 4 роки тому +1

    now that i know how to make usb devices, i feel more powerful..... extremely powerful

  • @TheBedrockCreeper
    @TheBedrockCreeper 4 роки тому

    Neat!

  • @tristan6509
    @tristan6509 4 роки тому +1

    you should add a dpi button to toggle between the speed

  • @Wtfinc
    @Wtfinc 4 роки тому

    i love point to point

  • @ThisIsNotADrell
    @ThisIsNotADrell 2 роки тому

    Oh the pain, such horror you have created. Now I will have to use etch-a-sketch for *everything*!

  • @samuelhulme8347
    @samuelhulme8347 4 роки тому

    New sub

  • @TheToric
    @TheToric 3 роки тому

    Isnt mouse acelleration usually an OS function?

  • @Yevgen4000
    @Yevgen4000 4 роки тому

    wait you can press the buttons to toggle an etch a sketch i didnt know that

  • @josha254
    @josha254 Рік тому

    Theoretically... you can do that with a trackball mouse from the 90s.

  • @keith429
    @keith429 4 роки тому

    This is like a ball mouse but you remove the ball and rotate the x and y sensors for the ball

  • @dominikwettel6800
    @dominikwettel6800 4 роки тому +1

    C++ or C#?

  • @siriusleto3758
    @siriusleto3758 4 роки тому

    Does this work in parallel with an ordinary mouse?

  • @williammurphy6708
    @williammurphy6708 4 роки тому

    I was expecting Jimmy Carr to start cracking jokes.

  • @nrdesign1991
    @nrdesign1991 6 років тому +1

    5:50 now *that's* evil

  • @Retrodogo
    @Retrodogo 4 роки тому

    What if you try a game with it?

  • @theminecraftgang2525
    @theminecraftgang2525 3 роки тому

    Where can I buy this?

  •  4 роки тому +1

    wym? point2point wiring is art...

  • @Sonnentau1
    @Sonnentau1 4 роки тому

    Wow That cheating on the !RESET Pin is some next level solution-ingenuity

  • @bland9876
    @bland9876 4 роки тому

    If you cut this thing in half and add a physical button to it and then made four of them then you could use it to play Warlords

  • @SlavTiger
    @SlavTiger 4 роки тому

    Link to parts?

  • @tails64dsntchannel8
    @tails64dsntchannel8 4 роки тому

    Normal People: Oh Cool Etch-A-Sketch on PC!
    Me: CAN I PLAY SDVX WITH THAT?

  • @atakheli3608
    @atakheli3608 4 роки тому

    This guy speaking minecraft redstone

  • @raymondbulte3891
    @raymondbulte3891 4 роки тому

    Anybody else have no idea what the fuck they are watching but still like it

  • @matteopiomuscat2649
    @matteopiomuscat2649 4 роки тому +2

    Now play Doom with that

    • @sanjacobs6261
      @sanjacobs6261 4 роки тому +1

      I guess it wouldn't be too dissimilar to actually playing the original doom, haha

  • @clementpoon120
    @clementpoon120 4 роки тому

    Open paint and you've got yourself a etch a sketch.

  • @yeldardeerttoille
    @yeldardeerttoille 4 роки тому

    oh your poor laser cutter! sounds like it needs some oil, or some screws tightened

  • @maximbarry
    @maximbarry 3 роки тому

    9:21 nice weewee

  • @wellnotme9354
    @wellnotme9354 4 роки тому

    it just needs rgb, and black finish, and now it's Razer Etchatrine

  • @pizzahutjr7925
    @pizzahutjr7925 2 роки тому

    make a etch a sketch screen with working etch a sketch controls

  • @OnnieKoski
    @OnnieKoski 4 роки тому +1

    I was t watching the screen when you started the laser clutter video and I thought you had started playing some very crunchy chip tunes.

  • @ez4pz
    @ez4pz 4 роки тому

    Next video: I turned my wood lathe into a MIDI synthesizer.

  • @theenderman9042
    @theenderman9042 4 роки тому +4

    Only Etch-a-Sketch fans will remember.

  • @pete3897
    @pete3897 3 роки тому

    My gosh. Whisper whisper whisper so I turn my AV right up to hear you then at 4:00 off of a sudden that god awful noise!

  • @stavrosps1238
    @stavrosps1238 4 роки тому +1

    i dare you to play minecraft with this

  • @leavewe
    @leavewe 4 роки тому

    did anyone else hear 'toggle mode is enabled by holding one of the mouse buttons when plugging in the usb' and then try it on your mouse? i was disappointed to not have my mind blown , w,

  • @jay89452
    @jay89452 4 роки тому

    beats a mouse.
    I haven't even watch the friggin' video yet I just came here to say that.

  • @refraggedbean
    @refraggedbean 4 роки тому

    Good video but you are so quiet I can't hear you with my headphones on max volume (other videos on yt are fine)

  • @BlueClefto
    @BlueClefto 3 роки тому

    Well, I have the most recent mouse technology.. the BALL mouse.
    it's weird that i'm the only one using it. I'm from the future.

  • @notsurt
    @notsurt 2 роки тому

    HDMI controlled etch-a-sketch for a very low frame rate monitor.

  • @AndroidFerret
    @AndroidFerret 4 роки тому

    Why??