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WiimoteLib v1.5 Released

Wii-Balance-Board-1I’m really cranking out the releases these days.  Today I have released WiimoteLib v1.5 at CodePlex.  The big news is that the Wii Fit Balance Board is now supported.  The balance board is simply a very heavy piece of plastic with 4 weight sensors located at the corners.  The library reads those individual sensors to determine how much weight is applied to each sensor, and the total weight applied to the entire board.  You can use it as an impromptu (and very expensive) scale.

Comments and bugs welcome…

Published Jun 09 2008, 04:45 AM by Brian Peek
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Keith White said:

Wow!  Many thanks!  I had emailed you recently to ask about support for the WiiFit, to use it in research with autistic kids.  I will certainly give credit to your work when we publish our findings!

Best, Keith White, PhD, professor at University of Florida

June 9, 2008 11:46 AM
 

Pit said:

Thats fantastic! Thats a very great job! Now one thing is missing... to control the mouse with the IR...

If you add this feature, it would be really really great!

Please add it to the next update...

Thanks alot =)

(Sorry for my english here speaks a german boy^^)

June 9, 2008 6:37 PM
 

Brian Peek said:

@Pit, This is beyond the scope of the library...the lib is solely to handle communication between the Wiimote and the PC.  A separate application would need to be written using the lib to do that.

June 9, 2008 6:39 PM
 

Pit said:

Hi Biran!

Thanks for the fast answer. Then i must wait for an application which support it, or i try it myself ;) The seccond one is more interesting...

Thanks =)

June 9, 2008 6:50 PM
 

Wii Balance Board Games Roundup said:

WiimoteLib Now Includes Balance Board Support

June 10, 2008 4:18 AM
 

Michael said:

Hi,

I have a problem with the balance board. With the test programm and my board only the A-button an the led works right. The sensor still have the value 0.

Do you now this problem?

June 11, 2008 12:44 PM
 

Brian Peek said:

@Michael, You can try your luck with version 1.5.1 that went up early this morning, but some folks are having issues with that build due to some timing differences in their Balance Boards vs. mine.  1.5.2 will be up soon.

June 11, 2008 1:59 PM

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Brian is a Microsoft C# MVP who has been actively developing in .NET since its early betas in 2000, and who has been developing solutions using Microsoft technologies and platforms for even longer. Along with .NET, Brian is particularly skilled in the languages of C, C++ and assembly language for a variety of CPUs. He is also well-versed in a wide variety of technologies including web development, document imaging, GIS, graphics, game development, and hardware interfacing. Brian has a strong background in developing applications for the health-care industry, as well as developing solutions for portable devices, such as tablet PCs and PDAs. Additionally, Brian has co-authored the book "Debugging ASP.NET" published by New Riders, and is currently co-authoring a book titled "10 Coding4Fun Projects with .NET for Programmers, Hobbyists, and Game Developers" to be published by O'Reilly in late 2008. Brian also writes for MSDN's Coding4Fun website, contributing articles on a monthly basis.
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