Homemade Wii Sensor - Success! in Off Topic

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Dec 24 2006, 7:20 am
Took about 5 hours to do (mainly due to messing up twice and having to reconfigure the setup both times), but I finally completed my homemade Wii Sensor bar.

Picture 1 - Comparison of the 2-2 IR emitters of my homemade sensor next to the 5-5 IR emitters of the standard Wii sensor bar.
http://members.byond.com/CyberHound/files/Homemade1.JPG

Picture 2 - Close up of the homemade sensor bar. It doesn't look pretty but it gets the job done.
http://members.byond.com/CyberHound/files/Homemade2.JPG
#1 Dec 24 2006, 8:11 am
That's pretty neat. How much does a sensor bar cost, and how much did it cost to buy the materials for that?
#2 Dec 24 2006, 8:17 am
Sarm wrote:
That's pretty neat. How much does a sensor bar cost, and how much did it cost to buy the materials for that?

I don't think Nintendo sells the sensor bar separately yet also while there have been rumors of third party companies making standard equivalents of what I made, there is nothing yet on the market.

The total cost of the goods I bought (I already had a Soldering Iron at home to use so that saved me about $10) was $27.31. You could probably get a slightly cheaper price if you scrooged on the amount of solder and hook up wire you got (I got a 60 ft. spool of the wiring).
#3 Dec 24 2006, 11:57 am
choat
#4 Dec 26 2006, 1:18 pm
Pineapple_rock wrote:
choat

Well I don't know what it means but since I see your byond connections I can go ahead and assume its something unsavory. Regardless, it was an idiotic and needless one word post so banned you be now.