How to wire a Wii's Bluetooth Module to a PC USB Port

[mccorkled]

Wonderful! It would be great if somehow the final product was a case that fit the actual board. I just imagine many many years down the road when the board stops working that finding a replacement of these limited run boards is going to be impossible.

[markobuzadzija]

I need to try this, i have Family Edition wii that has been bricked for over 2 years
Thanks for this. Also i read that you can use this BT module for passthrough on Dolphin

[sofakng]

Do any of the pins on the Wii Bluetooth chip signal when a Wiimote is connected?

I'd like to wire something that turns on some IR LEDs when at least one Wiimote is connected, but leave them off if they aren't connected.

[leolam]

No… at least not in a simple way. It's a standard USB device, and it uses standard HCI and L2CAP to communicate with the Wii. So you'll need something which understands Bluetooth protocols.

[sofakng]

Thanks. What are most people doing then for sensor bars? Just leaving them powered 24/7?

[leolam]

"Dumb" sensor bars indeed just leave the LEDs on as long as they're powered on.

The DolphinBar is a special case: it handles all of the Bluetooth stuff (connections, syncing, etc.) and only exposes the Wii remotes as HIDs; so it definitely knows whether Wiimotes are currently connected.
(Note: the latest model of the DolphinBar doesn't turn off its LEDs even when no Wiimote is connected)

[JosJuice]

(12-22-2016, 06:40 AM)leolam Wrote: (Note: the latest model of the DolphinBar doesn't turn off its LEDs even when no Wiimote is connected)

And the earliest model with early firmware versions didn't do that either. That the newest firmware version turns off the LEDs of the old hardware revision seems to only be a hack to reduce the risk of the faulty LEDs burning out.

[e2zippo]

Interesting, great progress!

[anatomi]

The prototype looks great! I don't think drumming up interest will be difficult if we reach out in the right places (e.g. reddit).

Especially happy news now that the VirtualHere server is finally available on Windows...

[mic]

(12-14-2016, 09:08 PM)barat Wrote: Please update Wiki with Your experience about J27H002 (now there is no info)

It's done.