from doctabu

From the moment I picked up my Nintendo Wii last Sunday morning, I’ve been very curious about the design and functionality of the Wiimote and its sensor bar. Of course, I’m not the only one. Through a few links on sites like digg, it has come to other people’s attention that the Wii sensor bar both only consists of IR LEDs and also sends no signal between the Wii and the bar… only power.

This had me thinking. It my apartment in Boston, I have a projector, but I feared hooking my Wii up to it because of the length I’d need to have in the cable to put the bar right under the image. Then, I thought, maybe I can make one.

So, I did.

With just a perf board, some wires, a bit of soldering, 4 AA batteries, and 4 IR LEDs, I was able to make this:
Homemade Wii Sensor Bar