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This is mine, according the size of original wii sensor bar (yes, i own a wii ), using four leds, 2 on left, 2 on right.



Based on this diagram (Spanish):

http://arteparasanarte.blogspot.com/2009/11/usb-wii-sensor-bar-wiimote-hermes.html

2 candles is what I use :p.

i just bought a battery powered extended range sensor bar for like 10 dollars and then cut a usb cable off of an old xbox contoller, soldered the negative and positive wires to their respective contacts, and now i dont have to bother changing the batteries out. =D was really little effort.... looks much cooler than a completely home made one.

(06-29-2010, 11:20 PM)inteGReddy Wrote: [ -> ]i just bought a battery powered extended range sensor bar for like 10 dollars and then cut a usb cable off of an old xbox contoller, soldered the negative and positive wires to their respective contacts, and now i dont have to bother changing the batteries out. =D was really little effort.... looks much cooler than a completely home made one.

Yes, the thing is, in my country you can only get the original sensor bar or a generic wirelless, and is very expensive.
Doing my own sendor bar 3/5 dollars, buying, 20/40 dollars

(06-29-2010, 11:43 PM)achaw Wrote: [ -> ]Yes, the thing is, in my country you can only get the original sensor bar or a generic wirelless, and is very expensive.
Doing my own sendor bar 3/5 dollars, buying, 20/40 dollars

this is the one i bought: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16878815101&nm_mc=OTC-Froogle&cm_mmc=OTC-Froogle-_-Nintendo+Wii+Accessories-_-BD+A-_-78815101

it uses 4 AA batteries, which is roughly ~5v. so... usb power source worked perfect. the only thing i dont like about this one is the auto shutoff feature. now that i have it running on usb i dont really need it to auto shutoff but oh well. im too lazy to take a pic of it right now but maybe later....

I'm using real wii sensor bar

here is what mine looks like. not homemade but it is custom.




here you see the negative solder..


here is the positive solder


looks factory ya bimbo!

mine is really ugly. Cardboard. Pics soon.

Does it work well? I'm thinking about making one and don't want to waste a ribbon cable on something that doesn't work. By the way, can you get a tutorial in English please?

I bought a wireless one. I hooked it up to a usb cord, but I think the cables were dodgy (my stripping skills weren't too good - don't take that out of context!), so I ended up using batteries anyway.