Grove - Mini Track Ball

Grove - Mini Track ball will give an easy access to prototyping a practical motion-tracking function module for your applications. It has implanted 360° detection and click detection with high accuracy and quick response. With chip STM32F103C8T6 (datasheet) and AN48841B (datasheet) inside, you can turn plenty of your ideas into tangible things. It is also standardized with Grove interface which will save you a lot of work in the prototyping process.

Features

360° and quick detection.
Translucent click Button.
Standardized with Grove interface.
Powerful MCU for you to enrich your applications.

Application ideas

Tracking module for a gamepad.
Tracking module for a haptic controller.
Tracking module for toys.

Specification

Operating voltage	3.3V~5.5V (typical at 5V)
operating current	28 mA (maximum operating current: 40 mA)
operating temperature range	-25 ~ 75 ℃
MCU frequency	64 MHz
Operating frequency	105±5kHz
Hall effect filed strength range	\|0.5\| ~ \|8\| mT

Hardware Overview

Grove interface: Connect main control board such as Seeeduino board with Grove - Mini Track Ball.
MCU (STM32F103C8T6): Microcontroller.
Track ball: Interface to control motions.

Parts list

Parts name	Quantity
Grove - Mini Track Ball	1PCS
Grove wire	1PCS

Get started

Material required

Seeeduino * 1

Grove - Wire * 1

Tip: you may want to use Grove - Base shield v2 which will make connection work easy.

Preparations

Refer to following guides to build an appropriate IDE:

Note that we have use Seeeduino in this case.

Getting Started on Windows

Getting Started on Mac OS X

Hardware connections

Download sample code

You can download a sample code.
Decompress the downloaded ZIP file.
Open the file Grove_-_Mini_Track_ball_test.ino
Flash (or upload) your code into Seeeduino board. if uploading process is done, to open Serial Monitor window, Click Serial Monitor under menu Tool.

Tip: make sure you have selected the right Board and Port on menu Tool.

5. LED indicator under tracking ball will light on in different mode which will last around 50 seconds

6. After that you can rotate or "click" the track ball to get information of its trace.

Resources

Schematic files in Eagle and PDF format.

AN48841B Datasheet

Library file at Github.