Wiimote missile launcher
posted Aug 15th 2008 3:30pm by Caleb Kraftfiled under: misc hacks, nintendo hacks, wii hacks
[toelle] has shown yet another use for the Wiimote by having it auto aim his USB missle launcher. The bill of materials is pretty simple: a Wiimote, a motorized USB missile launcher, some duct tape and glovepie.
Simply tape the Wiimote to the missile launcher, install glove pie and follow his instructions for some custom code and off you go. He goes in depth on how to connect the Wiimote to the PC, as well as details on how the custom code works. It only tracks IR targets right now, which is a bit of a bummer, but that would see TV remotes right?
Is there any way this could be combined with the sonar controlled missle launcher that we covered in July?
[via Hack N Mod]
For those interested, I’ve developed a controller for this rocket launcher (and also for the Dream Cheeky launchers) for Linux. You can get an installer or the source at http://pyrocket.googlecode.com
Hack away!
Posted at 1:48 pm on Aug 18th, 2008 by Karl Ostmo