Wii Remote x Vex V5 Hub

[CasualSide]

Hi, I currently have a Wii Remote and Nunchuck and I think it would be really, really funny to bring it to worlds (I’m going with 65892P). It’s simply just uses bluetooth, so is there any way to use a custom bluetooth device on the VEX V5 Hub.

[jpearman]

connected to the V5 brain ? No.

matches at worlds (not skills) must use VEXnet communication which is different from bluetooth. The BLE protocol we use is also proprietary, quite different from what a Wii remote probably uses.

Now, many years ago, there was this project, perhaps someone could create a bridge to allow non vex controllers to work (however, it would still not be competition legal)

Interfacing a PS3 controller to the joystick partner port

This thread only applies to college teams. There was lots of discussion earlier this year about the partner joystick port and alternative devices that could be interfaced to it. magicode had asked about using this port and had received this answer. There had also been posts about the communications protocol in threads such as this and this. I had posted some code that could be used on a PC to communicate with the partner port but what was/is really needed is an embedded solution. To address…

[CasualSide]

Ok! Thank you. I knew I couldn’t connect it right to the brain. I was assuming bluetooth. I will do some research. Thank you for the help!