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The Nintendo Wii was borne to be hacked, see what people have done! Featuring Wiimote mods, Mod Chip coverage, console modding, cool DIY Wii projects and more.
Categories: PC Connect, Video, Wii Balance Board.
Matt Cutts has developed a python program that allows a Linux computer to connect to a Wii Balance Board via blue tooth and display the results graphically in real time.
“Each sensor returns 2 bytes of data and also has six bytes of calibration data. Think of it as a 16 bit number and three calibration numbers, that are also 16 bits apiece. The three calibration numbers correspond to the sensor reading for 0 kg, 17 kg, and 34 kg (those numbers should look familiar if you look at the previous paragraph). So if sensor #1 gives a value of 5725 and the 34 kg number is also 5725, then that sensor is reporting exactly 34 kg of weight on it.”
Categories: Wiimote Hack.
Nintendo has added a new attachment for the Wiimote, it promises to add a new level of excitement to new Wii games.
“we are able to create a 6 DOF IMU for under $40. Thanks Nintendo! Best of all, everything is I2C so only 2 analog inputs (A4 and A5 needed for the wire library) are needed to read 6 sensors and no ADC conversion happens on the arduino board.”
Categories: Video, Wiimote Hack.
Have a look at this Wii NxtBalance Robot Rolling around. Looks like the Wiimote was made for this use!
“What you need:
* lego NXT with OSEK firmware and the NXTway-gs program loaded
* a wiimote of course
* ubuntu and python with bluetooth modules
* rfcomm,pybluez and pyserial
* a python script to parse the wiimote data and send it to the lego nxt”
Categories: Video, Wii Console Hack.
Wii Earth allows you to browse the earth in great detail from the comfort of your Wii with your Wiimote. The results are just like Google Maps.
Categories: Wiimote Hack.
You may remember the Wiitar that we featured before. Well the creator has made a build log of it so that we can see some behind the scenes creation of the musical device.
“To fit the wiimote board inside the guitar (in this case, an Ibanez RG series), I carved the middle section between the tremolo cavity and the electronics cavity(a chisel paired with a hammer did the job) .To place it further inside the electronics cavity, I carved a pocket close the outer wall. With this way, wiimote board fits in with minimal carving, still leaving room for batteries and other circuits in the tremolo cavity.”
Categories: Funny, Video, Wiimote Hack.
When you add a wiimote to a cool hexapod robot the results are great (if not a bit creepy).
Categories: PC Connect, Video, Wiimote Hack.
Here is a cool way to control your Webcam! With a flick of your wrist this camera is moved to the location you want. If you want more have a look at this other project that does something similar.
Categories: Insane, Video, Wiimote Hack.
If you need a way to protect your cubicle at work this Wiimote Controlled Coil Gun should fit the bill.
Video after the jump.
“In this setup I use a python script and MoteDaemeon to bring the events into my laptop’s domain. Of course I could script up a number of local events but what I wanted to do was act on that data and sending commands to an ioBridge module.
So I build a website which monitors the position from one axis of the wiimote and extrapolates that position to a servo output on a remote ioBridge module (which happens to be in my office, but doesn’t have to be). I’m also tracking some of the button inputs and can expand easilly to include other axes as well!”
Categories: Video, Wiimote Hack.
This LED heart was hacked so that it could be controlled by a Wii Nunchuck.
Video after the jump.
“Recently I ordered the kit for an OpenHeart: an LED panel in the shape of a heart that uses charlieplexing to minimize the number of I/Os required to address the LEDs. The instructions were great and I picked up some tips to make my soldering better. The author made it very easy, even providing a flash-based programmer that lets you define your animation sequence and writes the code for you, so for animations all you need to do is cut-and-paste the code into the Arduino IDE and download it.”
Categories: Wiimote Hack.
Next time you are leveling a surface grab your wiimote instead of your spirit level!
“Missing a spirit level at home, I decided to use the Wiimote as a replacement. Over time, this tool evolved to something more like a protractor. Put the wiimote on a surface you want to use as a reference and press A. This will start a calibration for minimum and maximum values of your Wiimote, afterwards you can put it on a target surface to see the difference in inclination.”
