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Wiimote Infrared Light Pen Tutorial

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Uploaded by on Feb 15, 2009

This video will show you how to make your own infrared LEd light pen to use with Johnny Lee's Wiimote Whiteboard system.

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  • looks cool now you just need to learn correct terms. lol. Post--- leads, also you might wanna solder a 10ohm res. so the LED last Longer. also some shrink tubing wouldnt hurt. good vid tho. 5*

  • HAHAHAHA! I realized later how ridiculous it sounded, but I was making the video for a group of teachers and wasn't sure if I should also enhance their vocabulary :-) As for the resister and tubing, great ideas. I'll give that a go around. Thanks for the tips.

  • whats it for?

  • It's for a virtual white board that utilizes the IR camera in A nintendo Wii Remote. Google "Johnny Lee Wiimote Whiteboard". Great stuff.

  • how do you power it? I use 2 AA but it doesnt give off enough IR light to reflect back to the wii mote. do you think it ir my IR led thats the problem?

  • I've found that just one N size battery (1.5 volts) does the job. 2 AA should be more than sufficient.

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  • where do you buy this stuff home depo?

  • @temizery

    Yes I used to do that but I burned it out w/ 5 volts (forgot to add a resistor)

  • @ConsumerInspector Yes, most of them are made exactly for this system. In fact I don know any other use for an IR pen.

  • perfect and clear, i like your camera by the way

  • Will an infrered pen off ebay work?

  • @sperryfam 2 AA may burn your bulb out quicker. I used some old PVC pipe and an old Expo marker top for mine. At most 1 AA should be used (same voltage as an N-sized battery I think).

  • my phone got a infared wired huh

  • @turbotonic27

    Sorry, well Infared LED is used in

    TV remote or wii remote ect.

  • @turbotinic27

    Infared LED is used in

    TV remote or wii remote ect.

  • where is Infrared Light used for?

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