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Good Stuff :-) Wiimote & Freetrack

Discussion in 'DIY peripherals' started by wannabeaflyer, Sep 8, 2009.

  1. wannabeaflyer

    wannabeaflyer Active Member

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    Saw this on Youtube and thought the Aircraft sim guys may be interested http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evO5u15Bias ;D
    wannabeaflyer, Sep 8, 2009
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    thats pretty cool, love to know how thats done if anyone can shed any light on it, especially the Wii remote part.
    tonyuk100, Sep 8, 2009
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    Readme

    The Wii remote work, like a 100fps infra camera, and use a infra led to pointing. :D
    [img600px]http://chriz6662.ch.funpic.de/bilder/wiirremote1.jpg[/img600px]
    [img600px]http://chriz6662.ch.funpic.de/bilder/hand2.jpg[/img600px]
    pointer4, Sep 8, 2009
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  4. tonyuk100

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    I cant't get the link ( readme ) to work, it just keeps saying problem loading page. any chance of anther link, cheers.
    tonyuk100, Sep 8, 2009
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  6. Jesse05James

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    My Motion Simulator:
    Joyrider
    I have had freetrack running with the wiimote for a while now and whilst I am moving to arduino gyroscopic head tracking, so I can use the wiimote as a joystick instead on my motion build, it is awesome and cost almost nothing if you have the wiimote. The genuine wiimotes track 4 dots, of which I use 3. It does drift a little and can be jerky sometimes, fine tuning usually fixes it tho, turn vsync on can fix it too and of course a hot-key/button for centering/disabling etc. pay attention to the documentation and set your dead zones and curves.

    One big note, I use three 22 inch screens in portrait set about 100 cm from my face, so when I turn my head and eyes to the left or right the world follows, on a small screen setup you need to train yourself to look in the opposite direction towards your screen. When you want to look left, turn your head left while your eyes must stay on screen (looking right in relation to your head). It feels a bit weird at first but I started on a laptop and you do get used to it. The bigger screen area solved it for me for the most part.

    For my clip, just follow the freetrack build guide, I use 1 x AAA battery to drive 3 IR leds, .5 v 20ma. no resistors, a switch and it works a charm. there is a resistor calculator on their website if you want it to be more complex (indicator led etc.) tip.. make it light.. hence one x AAA battery.

    Good luck and have fun :)
    Jesse05James, Feb 14, 2015
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    i can't open the link on youtbe ?
    Bodax, May 9, 2015
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