Building a custom Sensor Bar

dan99iel · 12-02-2006, 02:53 PM

Awsome!! U gotta post pictures when u make it!

apollo168 · 12-06-2006, 02:29 AM

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Originally Posted by ABC

A powersuply for them... I am hoping I can solder up a 9V battery pack enclosure to make it wireless.

I am currently working on finding the best quality parts then my next step of "pre-production" will begin where I decide on how to go about my little project.

Looks like either Nyko, Nintendo, or someone else beat you to it... http://www.wirelesssensorbar.com. Doesn't say if they increased the range or not, but they do seem to be using 9V batteries...

xbandaidx · 12-06-2006, 03:37 AM

Thats expensive for that. Damn. Plus 48 hours of playtime isn't enough for me.

apollo168 · 12-06-2006, 05:15 PM

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Originally Posted by xbandaidx

Thats expensive for that. Damn. Plus 48 hours of playtime isn't enough for me.

Two guesses...

1. They had to rush the product, so it's probably not as potent as the normal sensor bar but it still works.

2. To rush a product this quick would cost a very high premium, hence the high price.

If you look on eBay, some of these exact models are going for cheap. One guy even listed it at $0.99...

savoirvivre · 12-11-2006, 10:11 PM

Any update ABC?

I tried but i used 2 AA on one led and it blew lol, i need to get more led's. I have one working connected to 1 AA only.

Alphateam · 12-12-2006, 03:03 AM

I made one. And it works. I used a 9 volt. I'd be interested to see the schematic for someone who made one with AA batteries.
To be honest I don't know what I made. I brought the YouTube schematic to the electrical engineers at work and they said it wouldn't work. So they redesigned this one for me and I made it.
This is the insides and final project.http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y96...m/100_0918.jpg

savoirvivre · 12-12-2006, 08:05 AM

yea that looks pretty good. i was just wondering, what resistors did you buy? Where did you buy them? If you can help me out, its much appreciated.

do you have a part list ? or what is the part number for that box you have there.

AL-GoRE · 12-12-2006, 09:42 AM

This sounds great and if you do make one that can make the wii more accurate i would buy one off ya

AL-GoRE

dan99iel · 12-12-2006, 10:21 AM

Its big and chunky but it works doesnt it? lol.... Is it better than the provided 1?

ftcmark · 12-12-2006, 12:01 PM

I wouldn't use that crap if I just burned my own sensor bar in pieces.

Alphateam · 12-12-2006, 01:33 PM

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Originally Posted by savoirvivre

yea that looks pretty good. i was just wondering, what resistors did you buy? Where did you buy them? If you can help me out, its much appreciated.

do you have a part list ? or what is the part number for that box you have there.

I wish I knew what I used. I "think" it was a 46 Ohm. I work at a vocational school. We have some electrical engineering teachers here and they told me what I needed to use. I'll go ask them. The resistors where just some they had on hand. Actually they didn't have 46 Ohm they had me use like two 23 Ohm ones.

Alphateam · 12-12-2006, 01:37 PM

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Originally Posted by dan99iel

Its big and chunky but it works doesnt it? lol.... Is it better than the provided 1?

Yes it is big and clunky and yes it works. But like most prototypes it is just that. A test. At this point I haven't tested their life span yet. The person who designed it said it would only last a few hours on the 9V battery. So I can make a plug in option, which will let you have the sensor far away from the Wii. That will help people with projection TV's. I'll have to see if I can make a AA or AAA version and make it last longer.

It is just as good as the one provided. All the regular one is, is LED's and so is this. Neither is anything really special.

prodigy · 12-12-2006, 01:50 PM

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Originally Posted by ABC

It depends on the battery casing you use and the resistor you use in the signal flow chain. I am thinking of going with a 47 Ohm resistor with a 2 AAA battery enclosure. It pumping alittle more power than the video I posted so the batteries will drain quicker, but it should give you more strength as more power is getting to the Infrared LED.

So here's how it's going to look:

I am going to use a smaller resistor (47 ohms)
6 High-Output LEDS (3 on each of the 2 battery enclosures)
2 AAA Battery Enclosures (Holds 2 batteries each)
2 On-Off Switches
A solder gun and some times out of my busy ass life

Should be done by next monday.

wow you talk smart!

wii love gamin · 12-15-2006, 01:48 AM

hey abc did you finish yet?

jgdovin · 12-15-2006, 04:00 AM

I used the schematics from youtube and it worked just fine... I think i may need to try AA batteries or a lower powered resistor, im using 47-ohm and its not as strong as the regular sensor bar... mine goes about 10 feet... here is a picture of one taped up next to one without tape... and the packaging for the resistor
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http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q...uge/sensor.jpg

r4nDoM · 12-15-2006, 04:24 AM

eh, just use 2 standard remotes!!! works better than any sensor bar!! lol, jk

jgdovin · 12-15-2006, 05:12 AM

ok so I built that about 5 days ago, and just today posted the pics of my project... I just started messing with it again tonight and realised that the reason it didnt have as much range is that one of them was mislabled for on and off, and realised this when I took them both apart for pictures.

I now have almost the same range as the standard wii bar, I should be able to increase it by increasing the power output, but my problem now is my home made sensor bar doesnt seem to like to pick up from anything but a straight line out...

jgdovin · 12-15-2006, 04:37 PM

just wondering if anyone has an idea of what I could do to get more range on the sides of the sensor bar I made

ss2miraitrunks21 · 12-15-2006, 05:48 PM

The wirless sensorbars are a bit pricey

NintendoWiiMASTER · 12-17-2006, 10:55 PM

Abc where can i get some IR diodes?