Mouse not working with USB Host Shield

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Hello, so I recently bought an Arduino Leonardo ATMEGA32u4 and a USB Host Shield. The whole soldering process went just fine. The problem is that my mouse is not working. I attempted three different mouses and neither of them worked (2x wireless mouses and 1x USB mouse). The USB mouse's lights didn't turn on either.

The weird thing is, if I plug in my wireless phone charger to my USB Host Shield, it powers on just fine and charges my phone, so I definitely know it's not a voltage issue (It uses 5V).

Mouses tested:
Razer Viper Ultimate - 1.5V
Logitech G703 - 3.7V
EVGA x17 - Unknown (Can't find any details about it)

Things I've already done in the Arduino IDE:

  • Installed USB Host Shield 2.0 Library
  • Used File -> Examples -> USB Host Shield 2.0 Library -> HID -> USBHIDBootMouse -> Verify & Upload
  • Tools -> Board -> Arduino Leonardo & Tools -> Port -> COM3 (Arduino Leonardo)

When I open up Serial Monitor as well, it shows "Start", but nothing happens when I try moving my mouse when I have it plugged into the USB host shield (No debug messages in the console, nothing).

All the mouses work as well. I tested them on my PC's normal USB ports and they all function as normal.

If anyone could give any guidance about what could be happening, that'd be great!

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Welcome to the forum

What do you expect to happen ?

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Thank you for the welcome!

I was expecting it to print out debug messages in the Serial Monitor console, but that didn't happen.

void MouseRptParser::OnMouseMove(MOUSEINFO *mi)
{
    Serial.print("dx=");
    Serial.print(mi->dX, DEC);
    Serial.print(" dy=");
    Serial.println(mi->dY, DEC);
};

Primarily this is what I was expecting it to print.

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Hello @nighttimedev,

your topic has been moved to a more suitable location on the forum. Installation and Troubleshooting is not for problems with (nor for advice on) your project :wink: See About the Installation & Troubleshooting category.