Check out this article to improve the range of a bargain bin wireless mouse.
“While shopping at Microcenter, I found a “bargain†wireless mouse and keyboard combination on sale for $12.99. I wanted to add something like this to my media center and the price was really low so I decided to give it a try. The first attempt at using this proved that you really do get what you pay for. Both the mouse and keyboard work fine if they are only a foot or two from the receiver, however, the mouse stops working intermittently as the range is increased. After playing with a few different designs, I settled on a 15-turn bundle of insulated wire to be attached in series with the single turn antenna on the board.”
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Your wireless mouse antenna sounds like a great idea. Details: Antenna core? Wire diameter? Approx. range? Looks like you enclosed the antenna and wiring in shrink tubing; am I correct?
Thanks
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how do u know what part of the circuit board to solder the wire to?
😀 ty
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You would need to look for the existing antenna. It is probably just a loop of copper on the board.
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Can anyone help me out, I can’t find where the antenna is on my wireless mouse, here are the pics:
http://img693.imageshack.us/my.php?image=mouse1.jpg
http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/4447/mouse2t.jpg
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Hi Milton,
It is probably that large copper trace in the second picture that goes around the board. I can’t see what it is connected to though.