Is there a way to use your Wii/Wii U sensor bar on your PC (Not USB one's the Offcial one that came in your Wii/WiiU)
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Is there a way to use your Wii sensor bar from the Wii/WiiU
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A sensor bar is just IR lights, so in theory you just need a power lead. The easiest way to use an original sensor bar is to just turn a wii on to power it, I did that for several years! Now I just use a Power A licensed battery powered sensor bar for the Wii U, and it's fine.
If you really want to use the original sensor bar and not rely on a wii for power, you're going to have to do some modding. Unfortunately they draw a higher power than USB provides* (higher voltage, probably higher amperage too), so a straight wire adapter is possible but the lights would be very dim. There are a number of options just searching online, with tutorials for custom circuits and things, but they are all pretty advanced. The easiest option is to just wire it up to a 9V battery, as that's very very simple. It might be a little high voltage though, so wiring in a resister to get it to 7.5V would probably be a good idea. I'm not an expert at this though. YYMV, and if you want to go the modding route, good luck! ![]() AMD Threadripper Pro 5975WX PBO+200 | Asrock WRX80 Creator | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 FE | 64GB DDR4-3600 Octo-Channel | Windows 11 22H2 | (details)
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