Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2008 07:58:03 +0200 From: Alexander Leidinger <Alexander@Leidinger.net> To: Maksim Yevmenkin <maksim.yevmenkin@gmail.com> Cc: bluetooth@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Wiimote as a mouse replacement? Message-ID: <20080416075803.11882a70152y7vk0@webmail.leidinger.net> In-Reply-To: <bb4a86c70804151002q3f0642c8x1079487f6d50eed6@mail.gmail.com> References: <20080415120002.162247crf5fyg22o@webmail.leidinger.net> <bb4a86c70804151002q3f0642c8x1079487f6d50eed6@mail.gmail.com>
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Quoting Maksim Yevmenkin <maksim.yevmenkin@gmail.com> (from Tue, 15 =20 Apr 2008 10:02:39 -0700): > On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 3:00 AM, Alexander Leidinger > <Alexander@leidinger.net> wrote: >> Hi, >> >> has someone already tried to connect a Wiimote to FreeBSD (as a mouse >> replacement)? > > i recall someone already played with it. i will try to dig out that > old email. here you go, it was turned into sf project > > http://sourceforge.net/projects/bsdmoted/ Thanks for the link, maybe I will check it out this weekend. >> I found a dump of the HID at >> http://wiibrew.org/index.php?title=3DBluetooth_Specs > > i recently got myself a wii :) will take a look at wiimote when i have > a minute to spare That's the reason why I ask, I got one on my birthday and now I'm =20 setting up my home cinema. So I would have use for this now (first I =20 have to setup the X server on the machine in question, before I can =20 give it a try)... It would be great if it is possible out of the box. I've found a =20 program for linux which translates button presses and movements into =20 Xinput data (http://www.resplect.com/xwii/), but as I haven't setup =20 the machine I want to use there yet, I didn't even downloaded it yet. >> A Wiimote looks cheap enough to think about using it in a Home Cinema >> System or in a presentation. It's much easier to use on a sofa than a nor= mal >> mouse. > > $40 us is not that cheap :) but then again compared to apple mighty > mouse it is cheaper :) 37 EUR for the Wiimote here in Germany (39 if you want to get WiiPlay =20 too). For a loudspeaker, acceleration sensors, an infra-red ccd and =20 some buttons in a nice design I would say it is not expensive. The =20 possibilities this offers are woth the price IMO. I'm looking forward to any results you get with playing with FreeBSD+Wii. Bye, Alexander. --=20 H. L. Mencken suffers from the hallucination that he is H. L. Mencken -- there is no cure for a disease of that magnitude. =09=09-- Maxwell Bodenheim http://www.Leidinger.net Alexander @ Leidinger.net: PGP ID =3D B0063FE7 http://www.FreeBSD.org netchild @ FreeBSD.org : PGP ID =3D 72077137
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