Archive for February, 2008

“WiiChuck” Wii Nunchuck Adapter Available

Posted by todbot on February 18th, 2008

Want to hook up a Wii Nunchuck to an Arduino but don’t want to cut up the cord on your Nunchuck? Yeah me too. So I made some of these:

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It’s a small PCB that adapts the Wii Nunchuck connector to standard 4-pin header. I call it the “wiichuck adapter”. It plugs directly into the Arduino, no wiring necessary. You can get one too for $4.

Available from the following wonderful shops:
- FunGizmos.com. International shipping for $1 more.
- Tinker.it (UK)
- Little Bird Electronics (Australia)

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BlinkM for Obama on BoingBoing

Posted by todbot on February 6th, 2008

Yay, BlinkM made it onto BoingBoing!

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“Homemade Obama “hope beacon” with LED light thingies”

It’s a pity there isn’t a movie of the poster in action. I’d like to see how the light script they programmed into the BlinkMs looked.