Getting data from Wii remote signal

[Malhoosh]

Hello ,

I'm working on a project where I'm using a wii remote to track an infra red LED. The wii remote is connected to the computer via bluetooth. I've no experience with dealing with the wii before.

My questions are:

1- How can I read the data send by the wii remote to the computer ?
2- How can I extract from this data the position (coordinates) of the infra red LED seen by the wii remote ?


Thanks a lot in advance

 

[MATLABdude]

The following entry from Wikipedia may be of interest to you:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wii_Remote#Third-party_use

Note the links to the various projects involving PC interfacing--I'd take a look through them to see what sorts of hardware is used, along with maybe some usable code.

EDIT: Johnny Lee seems to have done pretty much the same project (second entry):
http://johnnylee.net/projects/wii/