Mouse Whisperer

What is it?

Mouse Whisperer is a small development kit that is based on Microchip ATtiny85 MCU. It will act like a physical mouse and draw perfect circles while you’re away.

Why?

There are many reasons why not, but also a few reasons why. Big Corpo tend to sell your convenience for security, don’t taking into account if you’re working in the office or from home.

  • I’m sick and tired entering passwords each time I leave laptop for 2 minutes
  • I don’t want my screen to go dark whenever I’m focused on something and happen to not move the mouse for a minute or two
  • I want to be available for other Team members, even if I went for a cup of coffee
  • But mainly, if someone enforce stupid policies on my laptop and I cannot change them – I will workaround them

Mouse Whisperer is there to bring some of that convenience back.

Key features

  • Microchip ATtiny85 MCU
  • 8 KB Flash, 512B EEPROM, 512B SRAM
  • WS2812E RGB addressable LED for status indication
  • TTP223 based touch sensor for switching it ON and OFF
  • Sandwich PCB design to protect important electronics from cats and children
  • Open source, open hardware

What’s included in the package

  • Mouse Whisperer “sandwich”
  • Micronucleos bootloader flashed
  • “Draw circles” firmware flashed

Documentation

Both software and hardware documentation can be found on project’s Github. You can follow project progress at Hackaday

Where to buy

You may support our work by ordering this product at Tindie