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Optical mouse light pipe#3
This cunning plastic gizmo lies at the heart of an optical mouse. It takes the light from an LED, reflects it through ~90 degrees, and bounces it down onto your desk, from where it bounces back up into a light sensing microchip.
This photo is from our article on how computer mice work.
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Optical mouse light pipe#3
This cunning plastic gizmo lies at the heart of an optical mouse. It takes the light from an LED, reflects it through ~90 degrees, and bounces it down onto your desk, from where it bounces back up into a light sensing microchip.
This photo is from our article on how computer mice work.
Our images are published under a Creative Commons Licence (see opposite) and are free for noncommercial use. We also license our images for commercial use. Please contact us directly via our website for more details.