Build a Wiimote from utensils and pins

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jonahbc

June 3rd, 2008 4

These homebrew Wiimotes consist of an infrared LED from RadioShack, a 1.5v button battery, clothes pins, electrical tape, optional chopsticks for support, and a few more choice ingredients. Check out the below link for the full recipe.

WiiMedia in $5 and 15 minutes, [via]

4 thoughts on “Build a Wiimote from utensils and pins”

Tommy says:

June 4th, 2008 at 4:52 am

The article is about making the LED emitters that the Wiimotes read, not the Wimotes themselves.
Jay says:

June 4th, 2008 at 8:02 am

Yeah, it may seem obvious, but it isn’t to some people.

I also hate the word “wiimote”. Wii remote.