When it comes to solving problems, no one is better equipped to find a solution than makers. In the maker community, once you’ve made a project or 12, it’s common to have microcontrollers, such as the Raspberry Pi Pico and extra components just lying around. When Maker and IoT Ideas discovered their old mouse wasn’t working, it’s no surprise they threw together this makeshift mouse in a pinch using one of our favorite RP2040 boards.
In this project, Maker and IoT Ideas is using one of the best RP2040 boards, SEEED Studio XIAO RP2040 module to drive the custom mouse. Its super small form factor makes it an ideal alternative to the full sized Pico. There are tons of third party boards that use the same processor as the Pico, the RP2040, like the one found in this Pimoroni Keybow which would pair well with a XIAO RP2040 mouse.
