Wire the trackpad to an Arduino and have the Arduino convert the trackpad’s PS/2 to USB. After removing a few screws, he had the trackpad free of the laptop.

12 thoughts on “ Touchpad + Arduino ” Jeremy says: July 23, 2009 at 7:51 am This is just awesome! Finally a use for all those old broken laptops I’ve been keeping. Now if ...

If you want an external trackpad but aren't in the mood to pay the relatively high cost, you can make one out of paper, a graphite pencil, and an Arduino. A DIYer on the Afrotech forums called "Dr ...

The μWave is a hack involving an Arduino and a TouchPad taped to a microwave door, which plays YouTube clips perfectly matched to your cooking time.