Logitech this week is introducing an upgraded, wi-fi model of its standard G502 mouse. Dubbed the Logitech G502 Lightspeed, the brand new wi-fi gaming mouse makes use of the corporate’s newest Hero 16Okay sensor, whereas its inner structure has been considerably redesigned from the unique G502 to accommodate its wi-fi options.
New On The Inside…
Similar to the corporate’s different fashionable high-end gaming mice, the Logitech G502 Lightspeed is predicated on the corporate’s HERO sensor, which is tuned to supply monitoring resolutions as much as 16,000 DPI. That sensor is paired with a 32-bit ARM Cortex-M-based SoC, which presents a 1ms USB polling price. The new sensor and the SoC assist automated floor tuning, so the mouse can present all that it may possibly on most surfaces, Logitech says. Essentially, the monitoring efficiency and responsiveness of the Logitech G502 Lightspeed is designed to be much like that of different gaming mice from the corporate.
The greatest addition, after all, is the inclusion of wi-fi performance. The G502 Lightspeed makes use of the corporate’s proprietary (and aptly named) Lightspeed wi-fi interconnection expertise, which is designed particularly to attenuate enter lag. According to Logitech, the corporate achieves this by optimizing the inner structure of its gadgets, rising the polling price of the wi-fi receiver to 1 ms, rising the sign power, making use of a proprietary frequency hopping mechanism which makes use of the strongest interference-free channel, and optimizing the software program stack as properly.
Wireless assist is not simply on the communications facet, both: the opposite key wi-fi addition to the G502 Lightspeed is non-obligatory assist for wi-fi charging, by way of Logitech’s PowerPlay wi-fi magnetic charging expertise. Sold individually from the G502 Lightspeed itself, Logitech’s PowerPlay system depends on a mix of an influence reception module that goes into the mouse itself, and a particular energy mat that, sadly, is barely appropriate with Logitech’s gadgets. Overall, the corporate says that the battery used contained in the G502 can maintain 800 cycles with out degradation. In reality, to make sure longevity of the battery, PowerPlay retains the battery between 85% and 95%, charging the battery again as much as 95% as soon as it reaches the decrease threshold.
…But Still G502 On The Outside
Intended to retain the design of the wired G502 mouse from which it is derived, the G502 Lightspeed is much like the unique mouse from 2014, it options 11 programmable buttons that may be configured to carry out a person motion or assign macros. Furthermore, the unit has an adjustable weight system (114 + 16 grams), textured rubber facet, and different ergonomics options that one involves anticipate from a gaming mouse.
While the G502 Lightspeed mouse appears like its legendary predecessor, Logitech needed to put loads of efforts to maintain the design/ergonomics whereas altering every little thing internally. One of the issues that engineers from Logitech needed to invent an inner endoskeleton and use a particular exterior thin-wall design to unlock area for all the additional {hardware} (primarily, a battery) utilized by the brand new G502.
Logitech additionally put loads of effort into ensuing that the texture of the Logitech G502 Lightspeed is as near that of the unique G502 as attainable. As a end result, players aware of the 2014 mouse may have no issues migrating to the brand new one.
Pricing and Availability
The Logitech G502 Lightspeed will likely be obtainable this month instantly from the corporate, in addition to its retail companions. In the U.S., the product will carry an MSRP of $149.99.
Source: Logitech
