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Guide: Use your Wiimote on your MAME Machine!
Ginsu Victim:
I've considered doing this for my cab, but I keep waiting to find a used Wiimote first. I'm not interested in spending too much on something I haven't got to see working in-person.
Hoopz:
I'm sure ViciousXUSMC will have a good write up on putting together a sensor bar soon. I found a detailed walk through of someone who got the stuff at Radio Shack for less than $10 or so. He included item numbers of stuff he bought etc. I don't have the link at work but I can dig around and post it later if anyone wants it.
I'm not the best LED guy in the world but it looks relatively easy to build your own sensor bar.
Watch me burn the garage down now trying to do this now that I said that. :P
Ginsu Victim:
Jeeze. I just added up everything I'd need and it's about $90 after shipping. I'd rather get a trackball first.
ViciousXUSMC:
--- Quote from: Hoopz on February 09, 2009, 02:39:33 pm ---I'm sure ViciousXUSMC will have a good write up on putting together a sensor bar soon. I found a detailed walk through of someone who got the stuff at Radio Shack for less than $10 or so. He included item numbers of stuff he bought etc. I don't have the link at work but I can dig around and post it later if anyone wants it.
I'm not the best LED guy in the world but it looks relatively easy to build your own sensor bar.
Watch me burn the garage down now trying to do this now that I said that. :P
--- End quote ---
I did do a small write up for that actually but somehow the forum I posted it on "lost" it.
I ended up just getting one of those $10 wireless sensor bars, - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16878112002&nm_mc=OTC-Froogle&cm_mmc=OTC-Froogle-_-Nintendo+Wii+Accessories-_-NYKO-_-78112002
Thats the one I got but I had gotten it cheaper. For home Its perfect, but I still need to make my own for my laptop so that its not bulky. My laptop version is going to run off of 5v using a USB cable.
I guess roughly your looking at $20 for a Bluetooth Dongle and $40 for a Wiimote? So yeah $60 is a lot for many of us. (I just froogled Wiimote this looks good: http://videogames.barnesandnoble.com/search/product.asp?r=1&EAN=45496890018&ourl=Video-game%2FWii-Remote-Controller)
However the cost is not too bad if you already have a Wii like I do :P I take my wiimote everywhere its actually in my laptop bag because I use it to game and I also use it for a media remote and a presentation remote. The cost of those remotes on there own is way more than $60 and my laptop has bluetooth built in. So the cost was $0 really for my laptop since I owned a wii already and it has bluetooth already.
I droped $20 for a cool dual controller charging dock that has 2 battery packs and I have been set.
Hoopz:
The mod I saw used a hacked USB cable to power it which seems much better than using batteries.