His solution? Wire the trackpad to an Arduino and have the Arduino convert the trackpad’s PS/2 to USB. Want something else to do with a trackpad. How about combining sixteen of them into an ...

But in the center of the board is a touchpad which [Christian] pulled out of an old Laptop. It interfaces as a PS2 device which makes it pretty simple to use in conjunction with the Arduino.

The HyperSpace TrackPad Pro is one of a handful of technology devices that I like, but it might not be quite ready for prime time. The concept is simple enough: It’s a mammoth haptic trackpad ...