Thread: Driving a robot with a Wii Nunchuck
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Re: Driving a robot with a Wii Nunchuck
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Originally Posted by Greg Marra View Post
The Nunchuk talks I2C, which is a wired communication protocol. The way Dave describes the setup, they have the Nunchuk plugged into an adaptor board which translates the I2C into USB, so there is no wireless involved. It sounds perfectly legal to me.
Unfortunately, I couldn't see the video (blocked where I work) or I guess I would have known that

That sounds awesome. I'll need to check it out when I'm home. Actually, I had looked at using the normal Wii controller (not the Nunchuck). I don't believe that could be used the same way.