Continuous Autofocus of a laser cutter using a wiimote controller from Martin Raynsford, he writes: We were inspired by the Glowforge laser cutters ability to continuously autofocus it’s z axis. A camera mounted in the head of the laser detects a laser dot being shone onto the surface of the material and from there it can […]
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IR helicopter automatic altitude control
Amieres built a IR controlled Helicopter with Wiimote using USB IR Toy V1. A camera connected to the laptop tracks the helicopter. Using the USB IR Toy the laptop sends automatic altitude control signals. Setting attitude points is done with Wiimote’s up/down buttons, while nunchuk joystick is used for motion control. Via the comments. You can get […]
Parallax Propeller/WiiMote white board
In this project, Gareth from Let’s Make Robots demonstrates how to interface a Parallax Propeller with the WiiMote and LCD display to form a white board. Inspired by the work of Johnnie Chung Lee with the WiiMote, Gareth uses the Propeller chip programmed in the Spin language to process data and interface with the display. […]