Hardware needed for using a Wiimote as a computer mouse [closed]
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3439190
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27-09-2019 - |
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I am in charge of turning a Wiimote (Wii remote) into a computer mouse and I know this is possible. I have been told to use the library http://wiimotelib.codeplex.com/. To use that library, will it just be a Wiimote that I need to buy? Or will there also be some other Bluetooth or infrared device or sensor I need to attach to the computer to make the setup completely wireless? Can you lead me towards the starting point, please?
Solution
There is a link to the guide on the site, it says there in the hardware requirements that you'll need a compatible PC Bluetooth adapter and stack
OTHER TIPS
The wiimote uses bluetooth to connect to your computer/wii. So if your computer does not have bluetooth, you will need to buy a bluetooth dongle. If you want to use the infrared tracking capabilities of the wiimote, you need a infrared emmiting light source (two actually). The Wii sensor bar is nothing more than two infrared LEDs. Candles or TV remotes do the trick as well. I suggest buying some infraded LEDs and building your own 'sensor bar'.
If you dont have to make your own app I have made a a program to do just this (actually it does a lot more than that) it too uses the wiimotelib opensource library, you can download my program here:
http://home.exetel.com.au/amurgshere/wiimouse.phtml
Its fully freeware to use in a commercial or non-commercial environment.
It provides automatic detection and installation of the wiimotes (with the Microsoft bluetooth stack only) and supports various modes, one of them being a mouse in windows, and supports multiple wiimotes and multiple pointers. It also has a few other modes, like a whiteboard mode so you can draw on the screen at the press of a button and so forth, a PP Joy mode for emulating a joystick using WiiMouse and the PPJoy joystick emulation drivers.
It also supports full scripting and even comes with a named pipe solution for writing program to connect to WiiMouse.
Read the readme for more information.
Contact me here if you wish:
