I want to connect 4 mice to one computer

[metron9]

I am building a measureing tool to collect data on movement of a rectangles 4 corners. If I could hook up 4 mice to a computer I could simply read the mouse positions of all 4 mice and log the data.

Anyone know if this could work? Any ideas on computer boards and measuring instruments that would do the job?


Movement range would be about 1 inch.

 

[edfair]

How about a graphics tablet?

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[metron9]

I found a high speed data logger at pico technologies that will do the job. It would still be nice to know if 4 mice could be plugged into usb ports on one computer and be read simultaniously.

 

[Tarwn]

I think generally multiple mice inputs are read as a single mouse input by most software, so unless you have a piece of software that accepts for speerate signals you won't have any luck with that method.

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[rockerfellerz]

Yeah, you can use four mice but they will all control the same cursor... Don't know of any way to change that.

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