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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: Insane, Wiimote Hack.
If you are looking for a more realistic Wiimote Gun, why not build it out of solid steel? That is exactly what Flame500 has done.
“Ever since I heard about the wiimote’s camera based aiming system I thought “wow that would make an epic pistol” and since it came out I had not seen anything that looked like it could still stand up to the abuse of playing and also looked like a convincing pistol. I believe anyone could build this mod given some decent tools and softer/thinner aluminum. The aluminum I had wasn’t really ideal as it was made to be machined and thus was extremely hard. This made cutting it on my cheap as hell bandsaw rather tedious. I started with a template of a colt .45 and traced it out on one of my slabs of 1/2inch aluminum.
After about an hour of cutting I had this.”
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Categories: PC Connect, Video, Wiimote Hack.
If you are interested in reading the raw Nunchuck data for a project, the code provided here can help you do that using an Arduino microcontroller.
“With a little hacking, data can be read from a wii nunchuck directly into an Arduino, using TWI (aka I2C). The nunchuck contains a 3 axis accelerometer, joystick and buttons for only $19.95. The same accelerometer in kit form, cost $34.95 at Sparkfun. Plus the nunchuck is already wired up in a nice clean case! So the wii nunchuck should fit nicely into anyones robotic project.”
Categories: PC Connect, Video, Wiimote Hack.
The Wiimote Swing by Erik Loyer is an interesting way to display text on your screen.
Video after the jump.
“Enter your text and hit the Home button on the remote. Then, hold the Wiimote sideways, with the D-pad on the left and facing upwards, and twist it back and forth like a steering wheel to advance through syllables. Roll the Wiimote towards you to make the text grow larger, and away from you to make it shrink. Up and Down on the D-pad (technically Left and Right, as you’re holding the Wiimote sideways) will step manually through syllables; the 2 button will cause the current text fragment to fade out.”
Categories: Funny, Video, Wiimote Hack.
The Nintendo Gun provided a better point and shoot mechanism than the add on modules that are available for the Wiimote. This hack allows you to adapt one of the original Nintendo Guns to work with the Wiimote. Since the Wiimote uses an IR camera to look at the sensor bar that sensor needs to be removed and installed in the tip of the gun.
Video after the jump.
Categories: Funny, Insane, Video.
Wow, I have seen lots of talented dogs, but this is the first one I have seen who plays the Wii.
Videos after the jump
Categories: Video, Wiimote Hack.
Why not make music with your wiimote!
“This video is about controlling a modular synth with Nintendo’s wiimote gamepad, using Doepfer A-100, Doepfer MCV24, Wiimote and computer. Softwares used are Bluesoleil, Glovepie and midiox. This video is not an artistic demonstration but a technical explanation of this system (that can be used for making music ofc).”
Categories: Mod Chip.
If you have been thinking about installing the Cyclowiz Wii mod chip, this video shows you the install technique.
Video after the jump.
Here are some details about the Cyclowiz chip:
“The CycloWiz modchip is the second Nintendo Wii Drivechip to be released to the public. Drivechips work by injecting code into the DVD-ROM telling it that the homebrew/backup disc is a legitmate program which can be run on the Nintendo Wii. Sadly, Drivechips are limited to certain functions and do not allow you to run unsigned Nintendo Wii code thus disabling homebrew developers from utilizing the power of the Nintendo Wii’s hardware. Luckily though you can still boot your GameCube homebrew. One must remember that it was one of the first chips to arrive so it only features basic functionality.”
Categories: PC Connect, Wiimote Hack.
Johnny Lee has been featured here many times for all of his Wiimote hacks. If you want to learn more about him, have a look at this Interview with Johnny Lee over at Hacked Gadgets.
AP: Your Wii projects have been taking the Web by storm! What attracted you to the Wiimote
as your interaction device of choice?
JL: Well, I was excited by the Wii Remote ever since the original press release about it’s capabilities was public. Ironically, I was an intern at Microsoft the summer before the Xbox 360 was launched. Several internal people, including me, were still trying to convince the Xbox group they should put an accelerometer into the controller. That, of course, didn’t happen. The Wii remote is one of the most sophisticated input devices available today and an amazing piece of engineering containing an accelerometer, camera, and wireless communication. Combined with the ease in which you can connect it to a computer made it an obvious choice for experimentation.
Categories: PC Connect, Video, Wiimote Hack.
Here are the steps to use a horse to play a video game by using a wiimote to capture your actions.
Video after the jump.
“1. Buy, Beg, Borrow Steal a Spring Horse
2. Install Blue tooth adapter HW & SW Drivers
3. Sync WiiMote with PC
4. Affix WiiMote to Horse (I used painter’s tape to Horse’s hind quarters (See 00:27 in video)
5. Install GlovePie
6. Load joystick script in GlovePie (included in GlovePie)
7. Load Need for Speed (PC Game)
8. Configure the controls in NFS by moving the Horse when assigning keys for:
1. Accelerate
2. Brake
3. Left
4. Right
5. Change View (Optional)
9. Hook up to Large Display (Optional but preferable)
10. Move Furniture out of the way
11. Start Game
12. Lean forward, Elbows in, hands tightly gripping handle
13. Have Fun”
Categories: Video, Wiimote Hack.
A quick hack and allows a Nintendo Nunchuck to control this RC Robot.
Video after the jump.
“I connected a Wii Nunchuck controller to an Arduino, which takes the data from the controller’s I2C data bus, decodes it, and send the data to the robot with a radio transmitter. Charlie uses a radio receiver to get the data, and it will control the drive servo system and the pan tilt servo system using the data. The Nunchuck has a 3 axis accelerometer, a joystick, and 2 buttons, it is absolutely awesome to use with a RC robot like this.”
