I Hacked a Mouse into a Camera!

An optical computer mouse is actually a camera! In this video I show how I modified an old optical mouse by hacking its sensor and replacing some parts. Can you recognize what it films?
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Items used in this video:
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ESP32 S3 Dev board: https://amzn.to/48JoCDW
Code on Github: https://github.com/michalin/mousecam

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00:00 - Dissecting a mouse
01:03 - Examining the ADNS2610 optical mouse sensor
02:47 - Controlling the ADNS 2610
04:05 - Modding the electronics with an ESP32-S3
04:46 - Reading images from ADNS2610
06:28 - Making the camera
08:48 - Taking pictures
09:32 - Thank you