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On Tue, 16 Apr 2024 12:06:19 -0700, john larkin <jl@650pot.com> wrote:

>If you have an Ikea desk and your LED optical mouse doesn't work right
>(something about the optics of the varnish) this should fix it:
>
><https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08CRZ85DZ>
>
>It was really annoying to be tweaking a PCB layout and having the
>cursor wander around, or get stuck.

Probably the varnished wood has too little fine texture for
correlation tracking to work.

What I have been using with success is a "3M Precise Mouse Pad
Enhances the Precision of Optical Mice at Fast Speed, 9 in x 8 in
(MP114-BSD1)" for $8 from Amazon:

..<https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00L2AN9PK>

Joe Gwinn