An Arduino board can easily interface a wide variety of items, and one example of this is by allowing control of a laser beam via a Nintendo WiiChuck. Enthusiast Maks Surguy has mounted a laser pointer on a pan/tilt bracket that contains two servos, allowing for an almost-hemispherical range. Then the Arduino reads the position data from the WiiChuck and translates this into commands for the service, thus mimicking the controller with the laser - plus allowing control of power to the beam, as shown in the following video:
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Arduino? Servos? And how to use them together? All this and more is explained in detail as part of our new Experimenter's Kit for Arduino:
The package includes a wide variety of parts, sensors and modules including: a servo motor, lights, buttons, switches, sound, sensors, breadboard, wires and more. Furthermore a Freetronics Eleven Arduino-compatible board is included to make this an extensive hobby experimenter, inventor and starter kit. However we don't leave you alone to figure it all out, included is a great project and instruction booklet, plus access to a supporting web page and software examples. In other words - this is everything you need to get started for a fun range of electronics and Arduino related projects!
So to get started or for more information and to order, check out the product page.
