A few days ago a homebrew loader for the Wii was released. I just managed to get the USB interface to work, and therefore talk to the internal Bluetooth controller (which uses USB internally). This is a little demo of connecting to the wiimote. The code is basically useless, as it doesn’t use a real BT stack, but it’s a nice demo.
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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/
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Software from http://johnnylee.net/projects/wii/
Wiimote tracks the infrared pen over the screen. Pen is powered over USB. See my blog http://joshh.uk.to/ for close ups of the pen construction and usb part.
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Materials:
1.USB Bluetooth Adapter
2.Momentary Switch
3.Bic Pen stic grip – love it because the led sits perfectly on top
4.USB cable from an old usb mouse -you can use any usb 2.0 cable (most are 2.0), I just ripped it from my old mouse because it stopped working…like most gigaware products I’ve bought in the past…
5.wiimote
6.tripod – anything works really, as long as you can mount your wii and adjust the angle of elavation. I taped together three acrylic paint tubes, and taped on one of those adjusting combs to lay the wiimote on.
7.solder – diameter 60/40 rosin core
8.wire – 30awg
9.iron – 15 watts is more than enough
10.electrical tape – insulate to prevent short circuits (most useful on the led legs)
11.rotary tool – dremel, craftsman, doesn’t matter. Get one with variable speed, and a bit that can soften up the top of the pen. Then go in with your drill bit. This is to fit the momentary switch into the pen of course. Also to make a small hole at the bottom of the pen so that it leads out to power source.
12.ir led – make sure it’s infrared frequency and not visible frequency, I got mine from an old tv controller no on used anymore. The brighter, the better – remember, the wiimote has a small webcam in it that needs to be able to pick up this light, if it can’t, nothing registers on the pc.
13. Battery – if you’re going to make a portable version, just attach the two wires from the led to the positive and negative poles of the batter. This can be done several ways, the most convenient I would say is to get a battery holder. Getting a single 1.5v battery holder is easier since it won’t require any resistors and it’s easier to replace once it runs out of power.
You can also just spiral the ends of the stripped wires and attach them to either end of each battery using electrical tape, just make sure the contacts are clean, and there’s plenty of exposed wire making contact with the tips of the battery, or you’ll get a weak and unsteady connection.
Important Links:
http://pinouts.ru/SerialPortsCables/usb_cable_pinout.shtml
http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~johnny/projects/wii/
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Materials:
1.USB Bluetooth Adapter
2.Momentary Switch
3.Bic Pen stic grip – love it because the led sits perfectly on top
4.USB cable from an old usb mouse -you can use any usb 2.0 cable (most are 2.0), I just ripped it from my old mouse because it stopped working…like most gigaware products I’ve bought in the past…
5.wiimote
6.tripod – anything works really, as long as you can mount your wii and adjust the angle of elavation. I taped together three acrylic paint tubes, and taped on one of those adjusting combs to lay the wiimote on.
7.solder – diameter 60/40 rosin core
8.wire – 30awg
9.iron – 15 watts is more than enough
10.electrical tape – insulate to prevent short circuits (most useful on the led legs)
11.rotary tool – dremel, craftsman, doesn’t matter. Get one with variable speed, and a bit that can soften up the top of the pen. Then go in with your drill bit. This is to fit the momentary switch into the pen of course. Also to make a small hole at the bottom of the pen so that it leads out to power source.
12.ir led – make sure it’s infrared frequency and not visible frequency, I got mine from an old tv controller no on used anymore. The brighter, the better – remember, the wiimote has a small webcam in it that needs to be able to pick up this light, if it can’t, nothing registers on the pc.
13. Battery – if you’re going to make a portable version, just attach the two wires from the led to the positive and negative poles of the batter. This can be done several ways, the most convenient I would say is to get a battery holder. Getting a single 1.5v battery holder is easier since it won’t require any resistors and it’s easier to replace once it runs out of power.
You can also just spiral the ends of the stripped wires and attach them to either end of each battery using electrical tape, just make sure the contacts are clean, and there’s plenty of exposed wire making contact with the tips of the battery, or you’ll get a weak and unsteady connection.
Important Links:
http://pinouts.ru/SerialPortsCables/usb_cable_pinout.shtml
http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~johnny/projects/wii/
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A demonstration of a program I wrote to send commands through a USB Infrared transmitter to my TV/Sat via a Bluetooth connected Wiimote. Not very practical but a fun project.
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Me, doing a presentation with the Wii remote as a Interactive Screen (Touch).
Place: Simon Bolivar University (Venezuela)
Event: Litte Install Festival. (I’m on the Ubuntu-ve team)
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What’s thing’s you need for Do it!??
1. A Wiiremote
2. A home-made Infrared Pen.
3. A PC with Bluetooth (or a USB Bluetooth Dongle)
4. a GNU/Linux Distro. (ubuntu, arhlinux, fedora, etc..)
5. “Wiimote Whiteboard” Software, (You can install it by Synaptic.
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In short time you can have a Interactive Screen using a LCD screen or a Video Beam. It’s Simple. Maybe I’can made my own tutorial step by step.
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On the Video I used:
Lenovo ThinkPad SL500 laptop
Wiimote
My home made Infrared Pen.
Infocus Video Beam.
And a White Wall.. hehe!
PD: No Audio! Sorry for My english, and sorry for the Video quality.
Thankx for Watching.
**Español**
Yo, haciendo una presentación con el control remoto de Wii como una pantalla interactiva (Pantalla Tactil).
Lugar: Universidad Simón Bolívar (Venezuela)
Evento: Festival de Instalación pequeño. (Estoy en el equipo de Ubuntu-ve)
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¿Qué cosa es lo que usted necesita para hacer que??
1. Un Wiiremote
2. Un casero de infrarrojos Pen.
3. Un PC con Bluetooth (o un USB Bluetooth Dongle)
4. GNU / Linux Distro. (ubuntu, arhlinux, Fedora, etc.)
5. “Wiimote Pizarra” de software, (se pueden instalar por Synaptic.
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En poco tiempo usted puede tener una pantalla interactiva utilizando una pantalla de cristal líquido o un Video Beam. Es simple. Tal vez haga mi propio tutorial paso a paso.
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En el vídeo he usado:
Portátil Lenovo ThinkPad SL500
Un Wiimote
Mi Lapix Infrarrojo Casero.
Proyector InFocus.
Y una pared blanca .. hehe!
PD: El video no tiene Audio.
Gracias por mirar.
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* This product can only be found in Target stores*(at least to my knowledge)
Cost -10$ and change
Quality- It fits snugly in the back of the controller
Appearance- White with a grip on the back
play time- 13 hours
Link to product
http://www.target.com/Psyclone-Rechargeable-Battery-Nintendo-Wii/dp/B0015ZWN2C/175-6977096-2168138?ie=UTF8&activetab=Reviews
No charge station required
Usb(play and charge)
Cons
No given amount for how long it needs to be charged
The grip part gets dirty so cleaning is optional
the usb cable is short so if you plan on charging and playing you have to sit closer to your wii.
All in all its great for the price because the gamestop itself is 10$ but you need a charge station so its a great buy 4.5 out of 5
Link to product
Link to product
http://www.target.com/Psyclone-Rechargeable-Battery-Nintendo-Wii/dp/B0015ZWN2C/175-6977096-2168138?ie=UTF8&activetab=Reviews
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Demostración del WiinRemote 1.13 haciendo uso del IR (Barra sensora USB).
http://blogiimote.blogspot.com/
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Hey there, this is a project that we’ve been working on for a few days as part of the Wiimote Project (which you can find by simply Googling it, there is a ton of great information and work being posted). We’ve constructed two infrared LED devices paired with a Nindendo Wii controller, or Wiimote, and a PC with a bluetooth USB dongle. Both devices are simple circuits containing a battery, an LED, resistors, wires, and solder. The first one that we built was the “Wiimote Wiimote,” which is an LED in the form factor of a wiimote-shaped candy dispenser. The second device was built into a glove that uses the fingertips to close the circuit. Also, we should offer a quick apology for being incapable of naming fingers correctly. XDDD
Additionally, we’d like to thank Johnny Lee, Boonjin, and Google (Earth).
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