Wii Nunchuks are very cheap, as is the adaptor needed to connect them to an Arduino. Under $10 for both! They are a great option for your next robotics project.
In this video, I take you step by step through how to interface a Wii controller with an Arduino Uno, to control Adafruit Neopixels and then a 3D printed robotic arm.
I’d like to thank the authors of the Arduino Nunchuk library and EEZBOTarm for their awesome creations. I found this project really fun to put together and the arm is great to play with. I have a few of them printed and constructed, maybe I should turn them against each other?
Arduino IDE: https://www.arduino.cc/en/Main/Software?
Wii Nunchuk library: https://github.com/infusion/Fritzing/...
Preconfigured and zipped version of the library (free): https://gum.co/mpRLD
EEZYBOTarm V1: http://www.instructables.com/id/EEZYb...
Arduino Uno: http://bit.ly/2JVc1Gc or https://amzn.to/2JDzyHn
Breadboard and jumper wires: https://amzn.to/2Ls7iMD
Arduino Neopixel strip: https://amzn.to/2O33G26
Wii Nunchuck: https://amzn.to/2NvKysA
Wii Nunchuck adaptor: https://amzn.to/2LADWJ3
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