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A project log for Galaxy6D: simple DIY full 6D space mouse

Full 6D mouse by three 3D magnetic sensors and magnets. 3D printed housing, ESP32S with battery operation over BLE as well as USB-C.

bastelbausBastelBaus 11/02/2023 at 19:180 Comments

The full setup was a bit fragile to debug so I decided to do a design iteration. First Step was to update the PCB by

Then I designed distance blocks to let the magnetic sensors be glued to the PCB. This worked quite nice
The ESP32S3 I mounted the same way, included the two wires for the battery connection (which had been rotated :-( in the design):
Then the base mount design followed; threaded inserts to but two half blocks together. Inside the metal weight block, the battery and on the top the PCB. The Base holds also the LED and the power switch. The push buttons and the IMU I plan to mount in the head.
In general it worked quite good, the only problem was that the dimensions had been to small (shrinkage of the ABS I used?) and I had to print three times and still the base slightly broke. BNut sufficient to continue testing. You can see the LED in the middle picture and the battery on/off switch on the right hand side picture.
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