How to : Convert Nintendo Wii Sensor Bar to USB Sensor Bar

kernel64 · (This post was last modified: 07-11-2012, 08:10 AM by kernel64.)

I have this one. It seems official too. Can anybody provide some instructions to make this a USB sensor?
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**admin89** · (This post was last modified: 07-11-2012, 09:20 AM by admin89.)

Buy a multi voltage adapter (110/220V -> 3-12V)
If it use 4 AA battery , we'll have 4*1.5 = 6V .
Just switch the voltage and polartity on the adapter until it work
Multi voltage adapter only cost 3$ here

**AnyOldName3** · 07-12-2012, 05:31 AM **#23**

A mains transformer would be the simplest way, except he asked for USB conversion.

How many batteries does it take? If it takes 3-4 1.5V cells, it should run just by hooking it up to USB power. If it takes 6, then you'll either need to bodge in something to increase the voltage, or will need to change the resistors for weaker ones, in which case we'll need to know the current resistors' ohm values.

03-30-2016, 11:07 PM **#24**

Hopefully this is not necroposting
@admin89 do you still have the images of the various steps for converting the sensor bar?
I do not understand this:

Quote:Add a battery 1.5v .Tada

Could you help me out? Huh

**admin89** · (This post was last modified: 03-31-2016, 02:06 AM by admin89.)

I don't have them anymore
but like I mentioned in this post .It's not that hard
Basically , the Nintendo Sensor Bar requires 7.5V power . USB only delivers 5V max . So there is no way USB can power up the Sensor bar without additional resource (like 1.5 or 1.2V battery )
Btw , There are many types of USB cable . The most popular one is this
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You need to connect the red cable with (-) negative side of battery then connect both the black cable and (+)positive side of battery to sensor bar

Edit : Forgot to add this line . Nintendo uses electric protective coating on sensor bar's cable , you must remove it . Lighter/matches can fix this . You only need to hold the flame to the wire for a few seconds in order for the protective coating to melt away

DuoDynamo · 04-09-2016, 12:47 PM **#26**

First of all, thanks for the tutorial.

Is there a way to convert a 10 LED bar to USB without the use of soldering iron and batteries? I heard this is possible if you have a 6 LED bar since it consumes less energy, but my model is a 10 LED one and I don't have the necessary equipment to do soldering work.

I suppose simply removing the extra LEDs isn't going to work; or is it?