I purchased two of this wireless nunchuk:
It's a Mad Catz Wireless "Z-Chuck". I was hoping to use it as a controller, with an Arduino Mega. Using the code by Mike T, Read wireless Wii Nunchuck with Arduino - #6 by nospam2000 - Interfacing - Arduino Forum, the nunchuk connects nicely. However, the blue indicator on the nunchuk flickers once every second using the 100 ms delay between printing, and the data I receive seemingly has a 1HZ update rate.
Example:
101 120 0 0 505 397 656
101 120 0 0 505 397 656
101 120 0 0 505 397 656
101 120 0 0 505 397 656
101 120 0 0 505 397 656
101 120 0 0 505 397 656
101 120 0 0 505 397 656
101 120 0 0 505 397 656
101 120 0 0 505 397 656
-119 120 0 0 542 382 657
-119 120 0 0 542 382 657
-119 120 0 0 542 382 657
-119 120 0 0 542 382 657
-119 120 0 0 542 382 657
-119 120 0 0 542 382 657
-119 120 0 0 542 382 657
-119 120 0 0 542 382 657
-119 120 0 0 542 382 657
-119 0 0 0 536 416 699
-119 0 0 0 536 416 699
-119 0 0 0 536 416 699
-119 0 0 0 536 416 699
-119 0 0 0 536 416 699
-119 0 0 0 536 416 699
-119 0 0 0 536 416 699
-119 0 0 0 536 416 699
-119 0 0 0 536 416 699
1 0 0 0 510 433 692
1 0 0 0 510 433 692
1 0 0 0 510 433 692
1 0 0 0 510 433 692
1 0 0 0 510 433 692
1 0 0 0 510 433 692
1 0 0 0 510 433 692
1 0 0 0 510 433 692
1 0 0 0 510 433 692
I get 9 of the same reading, and then it changes. 100 ms delay * 9 = 0.9 Hz refresh frequency, which isn't very good. Changing the delay time in Mike T's code, however, causes some strange stuff. With a 50 ms delay when getting data, the connection drops a lot. Talking too fast makes it confused. I guess. However, when it does work:
1 0 0 0 539 433 694
1 0 0 0 539 433 694
1 0 0 0 539 433 694
1 0 0 0 539 433 694
1 0 0 0 539 433 694
1 0 0 0 539 433 694
1 0 0 0 539 433 694
1 0 0 0 539 433 694
1 0 0 0 539 433 694
1 0 0 0 392 507 678
1 0 0 0 392 507 678
1 0 0 0 392 507 678
1 0 0 0 392 507 678
1 0 0 0 392 507 678
1 0 0 0 392 507 678
1 0 0 0 392 507 678
1 0 0 0 392 507 678
1 0 0 0 392 507 678
1 0 0 0 514 451 692
1 0 0 0 514 451 692
1 0 0 0 514 451 692
1 0 0 0 514 451 692
1 0 0 0 514 451 692
1 0 0 0 514 451 692
1 0 0 0 514 451 692
1 0 0 0 514 451 692
1 0 0 0 514 451 692
I still get 9 of the same data value. However, this means that I'm actually getting faster data: 9*50 ms = 0.45 Hz. But this means that the refresh rate ISN'T TIME DEPENDENT. In fact, whatever I try for a delay time (in the WirelessNunchuck.pde file, second to last line), it always gets 9 repeats, and then updates.
I listened to the thread and added pullup resistors, but I only had a few packs of 10Ks lying around, so I'm using four 10K resistors in parallel (2.5K total) for each of the two data lines, connecting them and the +5V. There is not really any improvement. Changing between 3.3v and 5v seems to have no effect either.
I'm stumped. How can I get the nunchuk to give me data faster, and why is it repeating 9 times? Also, there is a forum post already on this, but it doesn't really answer anything.
http://arduino.cc/forum/index.php/topic,28262.0.html