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Originally Posted by ertszi View Post
Well I have heard that WII remote accelerometer is very good, but how its performs at track is different story. It needs to bee tested.

There are ways to reduce this "position error as the square of time" dilemma at race track.
Simple way it's users sync as new lap starts users taps screen, preses button or plays a sound.
Little advance method would bee use WII IR leds, but if WII IR can't receive its more tricky.

As in map or navigation mode it should bee hard to correct your position every now and then. When we have tested results how long accelerometer error stays in reasonable rates. We can time gps or users syncs accordingly.
Yes, I meant INS with no GPS. With GPS for stability, the accelerometer data is great -- it fills in the details you don't get from GPS. Syncing at a fixed point on the track w/o gps is harder, if you're going by at >100 mph,you can't hit a button with reliable enough timing.
Does somebody actually know more about WII remote. How sensitive it is, can it be programmed in any way, Whats is power consumption in active use, Does it draw more or less power than gps receiver ?
It's BT, so no power draw from the N8x0 at all. I'm sure it's less power total, but I assume you'd be hacking it anyway, and hardwiring it to power from the car, so I wouldn't think total power matters.