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Wiimote Interactive Whiteboard
Trent Moehlman & Jannette Moehlman
Dakota Middle School
TIE Conference 2010
Please sign up for one of our door prizes (limited to the first 50 participants)
PowerPoint and other reference materials can be found @ http://conference2010.tie2.wikispaces.net/
Background (How does this work?)
• Wiimote – Infrared Camera• Infrared (IR) Pen – “Mouse”• Bluetooth Adapter – Allows Wiimote to talk to your
computer• Smoothboard – Provides drivers so your computer
thinks this whole setup is a mouse & provides the whiteboard for you to use.
Cost
• Minimum– Wiimote – $30 to $40– IR Pen – $5 - $30– Bluetooth Dongle (if you
don’t have built in Bluetooth) – $5 - $10
– Software – Free to $30
• Optional (Makes life much, much easier)– Wiimote Mount – 50¢ -
$30– AC “Battery” – $12 - $25– AC Adapter – $10– AC Remote – $15 – Above three in kit - $50
Setup as Demonstrated – $199
• Wiimote – $40 – BestBuy• IR Pen – $50 – 1 pressure sensitive from Teachwithtech.com
& 1 “Groove 2” from wiiteachers.com • Software – $30 – from smoothboard.net ($24 actually but we
bought 10)• Bluetooth Dongle – $9 – from irgreat.com• Wiimote Mount – $23 – from irgreat.com• Remote AC “Battery” setup – $47 – from irgreat.com
The Ninja System
Dabbleboard.com
Dabbleboard.com
Dabbleboard.com
Resources
• Where it all began - http://johnnylee.net/projects/wii/• Software
– Smoothboard - http://www.smoothboard.net/ - $30 – http://penteractive.us/pentabulous/ - Free (Driver only)– http://www.uweschmidt.org/wiimote-whiteboard - Mac-
Linux-PC, Free (Driver only)
• Hardware» http://www.wiiteachers.com/» http://irpensonline.com/» http://www.irgreat.com/» http://penteractive.us/
More Resources
• Forums, Wikis, etc.– http://www.wiimoteproject.com/wiimote-whiteboard/– http://sourceforge.net/projects/wiiwhiteboard/– Smoothboard Manual & Setup Guide -
http://www.boonjin.com/smoothboard/index.php?title=Main_Page• IR Pen Instructable
– http://www.instructables.com/id/Wiimote-Whiteboard-IR-Pen/– http://www.terracode.com/IR_Pen/DIY_IR_Pen.html
