How to use float data from a sensor with the Arduino mouse library

I'm using a gyroscope, which returns angular velocity in floats. I'm trying to use this data with the arduino mouse library. The move function requires a signed character. I'm not what the best way is to convert the float data from the sensor into signed char.

In what way can I do this, losing the least in terms of precision?

I found out you can use dtostrf to transfer floats into an array of characters, but not sure what to do following this or if it's even the best way.

I would appreciate any guidance.

If you mention a library that does not ship with the Arduino IDE, it is courteous to include a link to the library so that we will be looking at the same one that you are writing about.

What Arduino board are you using?

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Post edited. I'm trying this on the micro, but I could also try on the Leonardo one.

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