# Optical mouse CAMERA

**URL:** <https://discourse.processing.org/t/optical-mouse-camera/11803>\
**Category:** Electronics (Arduino, etc.)\
**Created:** [June 3, 2019, 2:12pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/optical-mouse-camera/11803 "2019-06-03T14:12:09Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![komats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/7bcc69/32.png) [@komats](https://discourse.processing.org/u/komats)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2019, 2:12pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/optical-mouse-camera/11803/1 "2019-06-03T14:12:09Z")

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Hello all!

Recently I discovered that **an optical mouse can be hacked into a camera** with a use of Arduino and Processing (from [THIS video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bci7Gi05BNc))! I bought a cheap mouse, opened it up. And for my surprise, the guts where different. And from this chip (that has more “legs” than in tutorial) I couldn’t figure out where is the right serial port, where is 5V and ground? Also the model of this chip is completely different (M16125 815).😿

 ![20190529_182216](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/uploads/processingfoundation1/original/2X/a/a647ca370c2adfeac026e91bf8adcec2cbc4d6cf.jpeg)  
Maybe somebody have done this without taking in account the differences of the chip and model number?

_If someone have hacked the mouse in other ways, I would appreciate you sharing your experience. Currently mouses are my investigation subject._

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**Author:** ![Chrisir](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.processing.org/chrisir/32/45_2.png) [@Chrisir](https://discourse.processing.org/u/Chrisir)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2019, 3:57pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/optical-mouse-camera/11803/2 "2019-06-03T15:57:57Z")

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Try to google M16125 815 and try to find a pin description