[Flii] New version of FWiidom in svn

Mon Apr 2 19:00:50 EDT 2007

nice one Rob, it still kinda baffles me (which is why I've probably made
such stoopid mistakes in the current code) but it sounds like you've got
your head round it, can't wait to see what you come up with.

A

On 4/2/07, Rob Bateman <rob.bateman at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> yes, i was in a bit late today :)
>
> reading the wikipedia article it becomes clearer how acceleration can be
> estimated from the three accelerometer (i'll stop calling them gyroscopes
> now) outputs. One interesting point i noticed was that as the outputs from
> the accelerometers increase (in the positive or negative direction) their
> accuracy decreases. So while it may appear that the z-axis is redundant,
> when either the x or y axes are at an angle close to 90 degrees from the
> vertical, it would be more accurate to include the z axis data in
> calculations as it would be closer to 0 degrees from the vertical.
>
> I also didn't realise the accelerometers could output a normalised reading
> above 1g, so with this in mind it should be possible to calculate
> acceleration independent of gravity effects, if we assume that the
> acceleration occurs in a 'jerk' and the rotation can be re-calibrated at the
> end (which shouldn't be too delayed considering the finite space people have
> to accelerate things given the length of their arms).
>
> i don't have any more time to look at this now (i think i probably need a
> good nights sleep...) but i'll definitely give it some thought over the next
> few days and let you know what i come up with...
>
> also, the whitepaper on gesture recognition is completely useless for
> anyone willing to understand the mechanism, but i'm sure there's more useful
> papers out there.
>
> Rob
>
>
>
> On 4/2/07, Adam Robertson <oldskool73 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > err, yeah, all three are in there, I may not be passing them all through
> > to flash though as i assumed it wasn't all needed :)
> >
> > A
> >
> >
> > On 4/2/07, Pete Hobson <pete at freesome.com> wrote:
> > >
> > >  hey adam,
> > >
> > > can i just confirm you have access to *both* the live acceleration
> > > data , and the 1G *and* zero point calibration data.  All three are needed
> > > to calculate rotation correctly  believe.
> > >
> > > On 2 Apr 2007, at 10:20, Adam Robertson wrote:
> > >
> > > wow, bet someones a bit tired today ;)
> > >
> > > so, I take it it worked for you, that's a good first step!
> > >
> > > this page my be helpful (or may be what you already know)...
> > >
> > > http://www.wiili.org/index.php/Motion_analysis
> > >
> > > ...in fact that page seems to have been updated since I last looked
> > > and have the pitch/roll equations, which I think are the same as we are
> > > using?
> > >
> > > A
> > >
> > >
> > > On 4/2/07, Rob Bateman <rob.bateman at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Hey guys
> > > >
> > > > i've had a look at the .as files and the output you get from the
> > > > conduit, and looked at how it reacts to the motion of the wiimote
> > > >
> > > > very interesting stuff, and after much waving about, i've made some
> > > > observations which i hope will help with the development
> > > >
> > > > i've not had a chance to compile my own tests, (no as3 on my pc at
> > > > the mo) but from what i've seen of your own, there seems to be some
> > > > confusion over the three gyroscopic outputs (measured as gX, gY and gZ i
> > > > believe, as output in your graph demo)
> > > >
> > > > each one appears to be outputting the sin of the angle of the
> > > > normalised vector from the horizontal. (a normalised vector to a plane
> > > > represents a vector of length 1 extending perpendicularly out of the plane)
> > > > to elaborate:
> > > >
> > > > gX is outputting the sin of the angle of the normalised vector  of
> > > > the right side of the wiimote from the horizontal
> > > > gY is outputting the sin of the angle of the normalised vector  of
> > > > the front of the wiimote (where the ir sensor is) from the horizontal
> > > > gZ is outputting the sin of the angle of the normalised vector  of
> > > > the bottom of the wiimote from the horizontal
> > > >
> > > > in each case, a positive angle is represented as being above the
> > > > horizontal plane, and a negative angle below. So for example, when gY is +1,
> > > > the angle is +90 degrees and the right side of the wiimote is pointing
> > > > straight up.
> > > >
> > > > for the fields in your wiimotecontroller class, pitch can be
> > > > calculated in radians from the arcsin of the gY value, and roll can be
> > > > calulated in radians from the arcsin of the gX value. The gZ value is
> > > > slightly redundant as it doesn't add any information to that already given
> > > > by gX and gY, but i suppose it could be used to smooth out erroneous
> > > > readings from gX and gY.
> > > >
> > > > From examining the fields in the wiimotecontroller class, i'm a
> > > > little confused by the presence of relative acceleration values. I'm unsure
> > > > how these could be calculated to sufficient accuracy with the information
> > > > available, because of the redundance with orientation thanks to Newtons
> > > > second law. The force (acceleration) being applied to the wiimote could not
> > > > be distinguished by the gyroscopes from the force being applied by the
> > > > earths gravity, hence the two vectors would simple multiply together and
> > > > would appear as if the wiimote had been tilted. It may be possible to
> > > > produce something that could be subtracted from the orientation readings
> > > > given by the ir sensor, but only if the wiimote was pointing at the sensor
> > > > bar at the time.
> > > >
> > > > I plan to get my pc set up so that in future i can run tests myself,
> > > > to get a better picture of what is it possible to determine from the output
> > > > available. In the meantime, i hope the above information is useful! :)
> > > >
> > > > cheers
> > > >
> > > > Rob
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On 4/1/07, Pete Hobson < pete at freesome.com> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > Nice one adam.
> > > > > I'll have a look at this under parallels on the mac, will be
> > > > > interesting to see if it works there.
> > > > >
> > > > > One quick question - does using c# bring in dependancies on the
> > > > > .NET framework also, or can you use c# for non .net console apps also??
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > On 1 Apr 2007, at 21:41, Adam Robertson wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > Hi,
> > > > >
> > > > > I've put my work so far on the new FWiidom c# wrapper in my svn @.
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > http://www.fwiidom.org/svn/
> > > > >
> > > > > there's a quick readme and the start of some bare bones
> > > > > documentation in there too, if you are intrested in beta testing it feel
> > > > > free to have a play and let me know how you get on.
> > > > >
> > > > > Adam
> > > > >
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