Wiimote


The DIY Wiimote performance computer

After seeing a physics experiment where a Nintendo Wii remote (wiimote) was used as a type of pendulum, an enterprising soul thought to use the Wiimote's 3-axis accelerometers to measure g-forces and even time acceleration runs, effectively creating a DIY g-meter gauge. The Wiimote might not be the most accurate tool for the job, but it's reasonably good and if you happen to have a Wii and a laptop handy. VW Vortex member Klee says that he wrote a script to collect the readings into his laptop and then fiddled with the data to get some plotted ... Read more →

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