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  • Remote controlling Nokia n810 with wiimote

    Posted by admin on May 8th, 2010 and filed under ir usb remote | 15 Comments »

    This is accomplished with a little python script running in the n810, which receives the data from the wiimote via bluettoth, and translates the wiimote events into X-window events (mouse clicks or keystrokes)

    The code is published at https://garage.maemo.org/projects/wiicontrol/

    Duration : 0:3:51


    [youtube jKx5tNrsiE8]

    15 Responses

    1. part2themovie Says:

      @mxpdouglas why do …
      @mxpdouglas why do you want a toaster that burns dvds?

      answer the man, humans!

      cuz we caaaaaaaaaan

    2. ZUMAGI Says:

      im getting a n810 …
      im getting a n810 tommaro…i download the file straight onto my device?

    3. mxpdouglas Says:

      Why do u want a …
      Why do u want a remote control for a mobile device???

    4. DARK111DRAGON Says:

      and this control …
      and this control how far this goes? 8mtrs o less

    5. oSarracin81 Says:

      wow ma questo …
      wow ma questo spettacolo quando arriva in Italia???

    6. closetpacifist Says:

      Very cool! I’m …
      Very cool! I’m planning on getting a n810 when I upgrade my PDA, and I’ll definitely check this out when I do. Maybe use it as a basis for a chording keyboard too, since no one’s really making a wearable bluetooth keyboard and I definitely don’t have the skills to build hardware from scratch.

    7. vastenmielinen Says:

      maybe i should buy …
      maybe i should buy a wiimopte …heh

      thanx for the advice !

    8. talicopow Says:

      Not quite the same. …
      Not quite the same. Admittedly, cwiid is much more complete and technical sound than my approach, and allows for a “true” integration of the wiimote as an input device. However my approach has some advantages:

      1) It runs entirely in user space. No drivers or modules to be installed.

      2) The mapping from wiimote to X-window events is very flexible. You can assign to each button any sequence of X-window events, (mouse clicks, keypresses, …) i.e, “macros” tailored to specific applications.

    9. talicopow Says:

      Steps:
      1-Download …

      Steps:
      1-Download the first (alpha) release of the script from the url which appears in the video description (YouTube doesn’t allow me to put the url in the comment)
      2-Uncompress and untar (not neccessarily on the tablet)
      3-Follow the guidelines in the README
      4-Try it. Hack it. Enjoy it.
      5-Give me feedback :-)

    10. talicopow Says:

      Done (see the url …
      Done (see the url in the video description)

    11. vastenmielinen Says:

      how to ??
      how to ??

    12. unique311 Says:

      i’m using cwiid to …
      i’m using cwiid to do the same….look up cwiid on ITT…

    13. frontporsche Says:

      :-)
      :-)

    14. talicopow Says:

      Yes, as soon as I …
      Yes, as soon as I have time to clean a bit the code, document it and upload it somewhere.

    15. frontporsche Says:

      So, are you going …
      So, are you going to share your Python code? :)

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