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WII-mote Dissection at Sparkfun
For the 8 years or so, folks like me have been using MEMS-based accelerometers from Analog Devices and other vendors for various user interface shenanigans, dreaming of the day when the part cost would drop enough to justify applications in consumer. Well, the prices have finally dropped to around $5.00-$8.00 in moderate quantity, and products are flooding the streets.
While companies like Gyration have pioneered this field, Nintendo is creating a consumer sensation with its popular Wii controllers. Now, the enterprising folks at Sparkfun have gotten a hold of one and done a nicely documented dissection.
[…] Gyration, which has been offering devices WII Remote like “air” control for many years now, debuted a new, more compact cordless “air mouse”. The GyroTransport offers deskless control of a windows environment, and also features up to 2 GB of onboard USB accessed flash storage. […]
January 13th, 2007 at 12:35 am