Wii Driving

Inspiration

Inspired by Racing Sim wheels.

What it does

Uses a Wii Remote and Wii Fit Balance Board as Inputs to be Outputted to a driving simulator.

How we built it

We used Dolphin, an emulator, to connect the Wii Remote and Wii Fit Balance Board and the interpreted the outputs from the connected devices by using the Wiiuse library.

Challenges we ran into

Could not directly connect devices over Bluetooth to the computer (Solved: Using Dolphin to force the connection). Could not use outputs from the remote and board (Solved: Using Wiiuse library to read and display the outputs to the console). Could not import the Library into the project (Solved: Using the Library File as the Project File). Could not map device button outputs (Solved: Using Windows API). Could not connect outputs to driving Simulator (Unsolved: current problem).

Accomplishments that we're proud of

We were able to get data outputted from the board and remote displayed on the laptop screen. Mapping the Buttons to keys.

What we learned

We learned how to research and solve never before seen problems. More specifically we learned how to break down obscure libraries with limited documentation and how to connect Bluetooth devices that are not easily accessible by the computer.