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# Drawing tablet mice

## Overview

Drawing tablet mice look like the standard wireless mice that everyone uses today. However, they only work on the surface of a drawing tablet. They were only made by Wacom and have not been manufactured in a long time.

## How these mice work

These mice do not work like any other kind of mouse. In fact, these mice are actually "pens." In other words, they are simply different plastic shells around the same EMR internals that a pen uses.

## Difference from normal mice

POWER

* A normal mouse gets power from either batteries or via a USB cable connected to a computer.
* Drawing tablet mice get their power transmitted to them by the tablet, just like a drawing tablet pen.

CONNECTIVITY

* Because they use EMR all of them are effectively "wireless" though they do NOT use BlueTooth or any other traditional wireless protocol.

AREA OF OPERATION

* A normal mouse can work on any surface. A desk, cloth, etc.
* A drawing tablet mouse ONLY works on the active area of the drawing tablet.

## List of drawing tablet mice

You can find them in [Kuuube's Wacom tablet mastersheet](/drawtab/resources/community/kuuube/kuuube-wacom-mastersheet.md)

## Tablet brands that made these mice

As far as I know, only Wacom ever produced such mice.