ATA1088XA

The ATA1088XA ("Mighty") is an optical sensor with capability of replacing current track ball mouse of  computer system. How the most common optical sensor for mouse works today is: The sensor captures "snapshots" of the work surface at 1,700 times per second, then the captured images are sent to an arithmetic unit to determine direction and magnitude of movement in accordance with speed  and acceleration.

However, the key differences in ATA1088 from other optical sensors are that it is designed based on  a ystem level architecture so that it can eliminate side parts resulting in saving extra manufacturing costs. Additionally, PS/2 interface is included within Mighty so that no MCU is need to interface hrough PS/2. ATA1088XA also tolerates to all different magnitudes of movement so that the sensor can be used for design purpose where accuracy is the most important factor as well as for gaming purpose where speed would be the critical factor.

The ATA1088XA sensor is in a 24-pin optical DIP package and comes with the default resolution of 400 counts per inch (cpi) and the rate of motion up to 12.75 inches per second.