Writing a Sensor Driver for the Wiimote on Windows 7

Rajasekharan Vengalil

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How to write a Sensor driver that provides access to the 3-axis accelerometer on a Nintendo Wiimote on Windows 7

src.zip
- src
  - Driver
    - AccelerometerSensor.cpp
    - AccelerometerSensor.h
    - AutoResetEvent.h
    - buildfre_win7_amd64.wrn
    - buildfre_win7_x86.wrn
    - Client.cpp
    - Client.h
    - ClientsManager.cpp
    - ClientsManager.h
    - DataQueue.h
    - ddkbuild.cmd
    - ddkpostbld.cmd
    - ddkprebld.cmd
    - Defines.h
    - Device.cpp
    - Device.h
    - DeviceProperty.h
    - DllMain.cpp
    - Driver.cpp
    - Driver.h
    - install
    - internal.h
    - makefile
    - makefile.inc
    - mbld
      - incm.bat
      - incr.bat
      - incv.bat
    - ObjectLock.h
    - PortableDeviceProps.cpp
    - PortableDeviceProps.h
    - Queue.cpp
    - Queue.h
    - ReadWriteRequest.cpp
    - ReadWriteRequest.h
    - RequestContext.h
    - resource.h
    - Sensor.cpp
    - Sensor.h
    - SensorDdi.cpp
    - SensorDdi.h
    - SensorDevice.cpp
    - SensorDevice.h
    - SensorRegistry.cpp
    - SensorRegistry.h
    - sources
    - Thread.cpp
    - Thread.h
    - WiimoteDriver.vcproj
    - WiimoteSensor.aps
    - WiimoteSensor.ctl
    - WiimoteSensor.def
    - WiimoteSensor.idl
    - WiimoteSensor.inx
    - WiimoteSensor.rc
  - Wiidiag
    - bin
    - HistoryGraph.cs
    - HistoryGraph.Designer.cs
    - HistoryGraph.resx
    - lib
      - Microsoft.WindowsAPICodePack.dll
      - Microsoft.WindowsAPICodePack.pdb
      - Microsoft.WindowsAPICodePack.Sensors.dll
      - Microsoft.WindowsAPICodePack.Sensors.pdb
    - MainForm.cs
    - MainForm.Designer.cs
    - MainForm.resx
    - Program.cs
    - Properties
    - Wiidiag.csproj
  - WiiSensor.sln
  - WiiSensor.suo
tools.zip
- tools
  - devcon
    - amd64
      - devcon.exe
    - i386
      - devcon.exe
  - PlaneDemo
    - DemoApp.exe
    - DemoApp.pdb
    - Microsoft.WindowsAPICodePack.dll
    - Microsoft.WindowsAPICodePack.pdb
    - Microsoft.WindowsAPICodePack.Sensors.dll
    - Microsoft.WindowsAPICodePack.Sensors.pdb
  - WiimoteTest
    - WiimoteLib.dll
    - WiimoteTest.exe
i386.zip
- i386
  - WiimoteSensor.dll
  - WiimoteSensor.inf
  - WiimoteSensor.pdb
  - WUDFUpdate_01009.dll
wiidiag.zip
- Wiidiag
  - Microsoft.WindowsAPICodePack.dll
  - Microsoft.WindowsAPICodePack.Sensors.dll
  - Wiidiag.exe
amd64.zip
- amd64
  - WiimoteSensor.dll
  - WiimoteSensor.inf
  - WiimoteSensor.pdb
  - WUDFUpdate_01009.dll


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