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that looks easy and all, but i was hoping to just buy a little chip,<div>since i'm like the one person on this list who doesn't already</div><div>own a Nintendo Wii. =)</div><div><br></div><div>i see that there are many competing chips now. SparkFun has</div><div>this one:</div><div><br></div><div> <a href="http://www.sparkfun.com/commerce/product_info.php?products_id=308">http://www.sparkfun.com/commerce/product_info.php?products_id=308</a></div><div><br></div><div>... it seems to come in a surface-mount package, but they also sell the</div><div>same chip on a break-out board, just for arduino-heads.</div><div><br></div><div> <a href="http://www.sparkfun.com/commerce/product_info.php?products_id=252">http://www.sparkfun.com/commerce/product_info.php?products_id=252</a></div><div><br></div><div>which is probably what i'll start with. my goal for my next project is to</div><div>design a complete board, but i admit i have no idea what's involved in</div><div>getting a surface-mount chip mounted to a surface. is that something</div><div>humans can do in homes? or do i need to make friends with a robot</div><div>factory worker?</div><div><br></div><div>-m-</div><div><br></div><div><br><div><div>On Sep 2, 2008, at 10:19 AMTuesday, Brian Richardson wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr">This is something I've wanted to play around with a little bit too. It doesn't look too hard, here's a page that describes how to do it:<br><br><a href="http://www.windmeadow.com/node/42">http://www.windmeadow.com/node/42</a><br> <br>and here's a page that has a simple board that lets you play around without cutting the nunchunk cord:<br><br><a href="http://todbot.com/blog/2008/02/18/wiichuck-wii-nunchuck-adapter-available/">http://todbot.com/blog/2008/02/18/wiichuck-wii-nunchuck-adapter-available/</a><br> <br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Sep 1, 2008 at 9:36 PM, Mykle Hansen <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mykle@mykle.com">mykle@mykle.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> hey all,<br> <br> has anyone in the portland dorkspace played around with<br> these new on-chip accellerometers? the ones that are<br> in iPhones and Wii remotes and apple laptops? i wonder<br> how hard they are to interface with the Arduino, and how<br> much they cost. i have a project in mind for one, although<br> it's more of a bike-nerd project than anything truly<br> artistic. but it seems like the interactive potential is strong ...<br> <br> -mykle-<br> _______________________________________________<br> dorkbotpdx-blabber mailing list<br> <a href="mailto:dorkbotpdx-blabber@dorkbot.org" target="_blank">dorkbotpdx-blabber@dorkbot.org</a><br> <a href="http://music.columbia.edu/mailman/listinfo/dorkbotpdx-blabber" target="_blank">http://music.columbia.edu/mailman/listinfo/dorkbotpdx-blabber</a><br> </blockquote></div><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">_______________________________________________</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">dorkbotpdx-blabber mailing list</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><a href="mailto:dorkbotpdx-blabber@dorkbot.org">dorkbotpdx-blabber@dorkbot.org</a></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><a href="http://music.columbia.edu/mailman/listinfo/dorkbotpdx-blabber">http://music.columbia.edu/mailman/listinfo/dorkbotpdx-blabber</a></div> </blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>