Discussion Taking Wii portablizing one step further

[Aurelio]

Let's start directly with a video:

This is something I've been working on for the past few weeks. It's still a work in progress and there are few things missing. Me and @ShockSlayer need to do more tests to find the perfect solution prior to release
I'm going to post more updates in the next few weeks.
Let me know if you want any detail.

PS: This was a joke: https://bitbuilt.net/forums/index.php?threads/weird-problem-with-my-wii.782/

 

[ShockSlayer]

For those of you who may not have completely understood what was going on: the Wii was controlling the audio amp, and displaying the volume information onscreen!

The icons were designed by yours truly. ( °v°)

More will be revealed as progress is made. This is the first small step for us, but a giant leap for Wii portablizing.

 

[Gman]

Wow this is really neat. The work you guys are doing is really making the Wii portables its own console.

 

[ghostavel]

That's a nice feature ,is this a firmware update on the GC controller board or something new
Thanks

 

[Aurelio]

That's a nice feature ,is this a firmware update on the GC controller board or something new
Thanks

No, the GC controller is completely unrelated. This is both a Wii software hack along with a small hardware mod to interface with my audio amp.
The volume is controlled through the GameCube controller, but it doesn't need to be a GC+

 

[Shank]

Very promising. Will this work system wide? If so, does that mean this is an IOS patch?

Will we be able to tweak/customize the icons that pop up on screen? Instead of big dots and little dots, Id love to do something dumb and memey like:

Quiet:
W i i
Loud:
W i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i

 

[Aurelio]

Very promising. Will this work system wide? If so, does that mean this is an IOS patch?

Yes. Yes, it's a custom IOS module.

Will we be able to tweak/customize the icons that pop up on screen? Instead of big dots and little dots, Id love to do something dumb and memey like:

Quiet:
W i i
Loud:
W i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i

lol that's actually pretty cool ahahah
Anyway maybe, it's still a work in progress and I don't know yet how customizable I'll do it

 

[ShockSlayer]

I'll attempt to do it later for giggles. There are graphic stipulations based on the frame buffer and resolution, so what can be done cleanly is currently limited. Plus I'm now busy workin' on multiple layers of memes if you catch my drift.

 

[JacksonS]

How does it interface with your audio amp? Is it planned to work with any audio amp in the future?

 

[cheese]

How does it interface with your audio amp?

The Wii has some unused GPIO that we are taking advantage of.

 

[Aurelio]

How does it interface with your audio amp? Is it planned to work with any audio amp in the future?

Any? Probably not. Right now it uses Wii's GPIOs to control up/down signals on my amp (instead of buttons basically). This is going to change soon. I'll give more details in the near future

 

[Shank]

The GPIO thing is the most surprising and impressive part to me. I was unaware the Wii had GPIO that could be repurposed and programed to be useful. Plus the fact that something like this could be implemented system wide through an IOS patch... So much potential here. I can't wait to see what can be done with this.

 

[Aurelio]

I can't wait to see what can be done with this.

A lot

 

[ShockSlayer]

gpio is dumb it will never catch on

 

[Aurelio]

gpio is dumb it will never catch on

Weren't you playing DOTA?