Here’s another great linux/wii hack that alows you to use a Wiimote with linux games. The author uses a linux HTPC which projects HD onto his wall using a projector, thus using Wiimote as control device not only a necessity, it also allowed protectiong against damages to expensive HDTVs.
When I had to decide on a remote control for it, it didn’t take me long to see a wii-mote would be ideal. It is wireless, has enough buttons to make movie control
Do you remember when the first Nintendo PowerGlove came out? It was like the tightest game controller ever.
Well, nowdays “nobody” uses a PowerGlove but here’s a guy who hacked it, added an accelerometer, and now functional just like a Wiimote, or maybe even better.
Over the past month, I’ve done just that. I stripped the guts out of an original Power Glove, replaced the ultrasonic sensors with an accelerometer, the proprietary microcontroller with an open-source Arduino, and the wired connection with Bluetooth. I wrote an input manager to get the
video://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BA6G2K6jwTA
Japanese modders have made their own Kurukuru kart, a recreational vehicle you can control directly with a hacked Wiimote.
Looks like a lot of fun if you have a lot of time to kill. 🙂
There isn’t a whole lot of information available on this besides the video captions, but it appears to be using the WiiFlash Flash API for Wiimote input and Gainer for motor control output. WiiFlash looks like a particularly interesting tool for Flash developers. You can run the WiiFlash server compone
Do you have extra Wiimotes lying around and you want to build one of the most accurate level tools ever using it?
Well, here’s a DIY site that explains how to make a level tool using a Wiimote in detail. Definitely check it out if you got some spare time and future additions for home improvements.
Put the wiimote on a surface you want to use as a reference and press A.
This will start a calibration, and afterwards you can put it on a target surface to see its difference in inclin
Here’s a cool article explaining the inner works behind the Wiimote. Of course, there’s a bunch of Wii hacks but this one really goes into depth with topics like USB HID.
Most people don’t know that the Wiimote communicates with the Wii via a Bluetooth wireless link. The Bluetooth controller is a Broadcom 2042 chip, which is designe
video://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YANSPDO3oU
This homebrewed Wii App called Wii Physics is similar to Microsoft’s Physics Illustrator and will let you test out your ideas before applying them in real life.
Wii Physics is a clever little homebrew app. You use the Wiimote to rotate, size and place objects on a stage. Pulleys, ropes, gears and joints can be used to connect objects together, and when you press the play button, a 2D physics system is turned on, causing the objects to fall and interact with each other.
You can download
video://www.youtube.com/watch?v=viX6kC9C0Yc
Here’s a cool DIY Arduino and Wiimote Controlled Boat all by flick of the wrist. Now, just don’t drop that Wiimote and you will have some serious trouble getting out of the water. (I am sure there’s a backup plan for that)
Last winter I decided version one was successful enough that I would dare to improve it. My design constraints were to extend the boats range to about 20 miles and add a second motor to balance the thrust and push the ex
video://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOa3HHblfEg
This is exactly what I need instead of my whiteboard and pens that wear out.
This is a port of Johnny Chung Lee’s Whiteboard app for the actual Wii. Kudos & thanks to Johnny Lee, Team Twiizers, svpe, shagku and para.
To use this application, you need the following:
* A Wii with some method to run homebrew on it, e.g. the Twilight Hack * Two Wiimotes. Wiimote 1 is for interaction, Wiimote 2 should be positioned somewhere where it can see your entire screen, but not much more. It shouldn’t be moved after y
Although this is an awesome Wii hack using GlovePie and the Wiimote, you could probably do this a lot easier using a simple 3-axis accelerometer and a microcontroller.
I got this idea after seeing some physics class use the wiimote in some kinda pendulum experiment.
Why not use the wiimote’s built in 3-axis accelerometers to measue g-forces, acceleration and even calculate
