Logitech Goes Into Technical Detail About Mouse Sensors
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Every wanted to know what goes on in that mouse under your palm?
We recently took a trip to Logitech's headquarters in Switzerland to learn more about how the company designs its products. Senior engineer François Morier took the time to explain the considerations that designers must make when creating mouse products.
Morier goes in depth technically how sensors work, DPI count and calculations, why higher DPI isn't necessarily better, angle error, resolution vs. speed error (acceleration), ripple (jitter), dropouts, pixel walk, and circle drift.
If you've ever wondered why your mouse behaves (or misbehaves) the way it does, then you'll want to pay attention to this video below:
Logitech HQ: François Morier, Senior Engineer Explains Mouse Sensor Design
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I bet they were too busy taking pics and they didnt even listen to what the guy was saying...
2) The guy does not have tits. I'm also trying to understand why so many pictures... it was more like a video made out of stills...
Im on my 3rd Performance MX in a 4 year span. Thank you for the 3 year warranty!
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Im on my 3rd Performance MX in a 4 year span. Thank you for the 3 year warranty! "
I think it is pretty obvious as to why. You click the left mouse button a lot more often.
That is not entirely true. The G400 and G500 have good sensors and a moderate amount of buttons. Razer mice also have few buttons and good sensors. The G9x isn't so bad either. 2 thumb buttons is all those have, except for the G500 which has 3.
I think Zowie is a great example of a company that, for the most part, has the best optical sensors on the market(made better with a custom lense), with fairly simple plug-and-play mice. Just don't get the Mico whatever you do, the buttons are so stiff and the scroll wheel is terrible, it'd be my favorite by far though if it had the same sensor as either the EC1/EC2 or AM, the same scroll wheel, and the switches of the AM.
The EC switches are feather light, I like switches a bit on the stiffer side to prevent accidental clicks and the AM is good for that. The small size and light weight in combination with the small feet of the Mico feels amazing on the Zowie G-TF Speed mousepad, the larger feet feel a bit rougher and more frictiony but still good. Having tried all three the AM seems like the best balance to me. People often point out prediction as a deal breaker, but almost all mice(including most gaming mice) have some amount of it and people probably don't know. Some of it is a good thing, but the word prediction tends to raise a red-flag to gamers.
You might want to RMA it, or look for another reason for your tracking issues, as the G500 is generally considered one of the best.
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(currently using deathadder)
sorry!!