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[Reply #15 on:]

I too am a Mac user, I find boot camp useful for these occasions.

[Reply #16 on:]

Grumpy_mike wrote :

I too am a Mac user, I find boot camp useful for these occasions.

Well, my hard disk is so completely full already that I deleted all the PowerPC parts of the applications to gain some space. Boot Camp will be for my next Mac.

[Reply #17 on:]

I have just discovered the Si114x IR-sensing chip family from Silicon Labs. They claim that the 3-leds version can be used for (close) 3D position tracking. Have a look at that video. It features the evaluation board (SI1140DK) with 3 leds and X/Y/Z tracking. It's too bad that this board uses a C8051F800 MCU. If it came with an Atmel controller or as a breakout board I'd buy it immediately because it would ease the construction of a 3D interface quite a lot I guess.

The chip is ridiculously small (2 mm x 2 mm) and is sold only as a SMD component. Can a human being solder this ? I'd better find someone willing to make a breakout card for me...

[Reply #18 on:]

Probably in a oven its easy to easy, but not by hand, because it doesnt have any leads, its an LGA package.

[Reply #19 on:]

I finally bought the Si1143 evaluation board. I'll try to connect it to my Arduino. But I'll try the AD7746 for capacitive sensing as well.