Close
0%
0%

NDS Lite IOT Controller.

Repurposing old Nintendo DS lites as IOT controllers.

tehaxor69tehaxor69
Following
Liked Like project

Just one more thing

To make the experience fit your profile, pick a username and tell us what interests you.

Pick an awesome username
hackaday.io/
Your profile's URL: hackaday.io/username. Max 25 alphanumeric characters.
Pick a few interests
Projects that share your interests
People that share your interests

We found and based on your interests.

Choose more interests.

OK, I'm done! Skip
Similar projects worth following
1.1k views
2 comments
2.9k followers
View Gallery
I had 4 Nintendo DS lites laying around and a NDS flash card.
I wanted to get them talking with a RPI and a Arduino board. I had a Wiznet W5200 shield laying around, so I decided to use that for now. A get request is used on the NDS side to talk with the Arduino server. The server has code that will parse the GET URL, for example: sending /?H6 will set GPIO 6 to high.
It works pretty well being mounted above a lutron light switch.

Currently only does:
Change GPIO states for Test LEDs, the pins not used by the shield.
Talks to another Arduino Uno that is controlling WS2812 lights on the crown molding around the perimeter of the room.
Switches on/off relays for controlling my twilight laser star projector.

Video of the WS2812 control feature in action http://youtu.be/p0oOiRP9048

  • 1 × Nintendo DS lite
  • 1 × Arduino
  • 1 × Wiz5200 Ethernet Shield
  • 1 × Raspberry Pi

  • Update 1

    tehaxor69 • 04/24/2015 at 02:08 • 0 comments

    Wifi stack is unstable right now, keeps running out of memory, I could fix it, but I don't have the source to the Wifi stack. I can only run the program for 2 days, then it crashes.

View project log

Enjoy this project?

Share

Discussions

midnightcow wrote 08/31/2015 at 02:03 • point

Dear tehaxor69!!!

I'm so interested on your project. Your project is very funny & new ideas.

I'm an engineer worked at WIZnet provides the ethernet chip such as W5100, W5200, and W5500 to Arduino.

Will I introduce your project on WIZnet museum(http://wiznetmuseum.com/)?

If you need my some help about WIZnet chips, feel free contact to me.

Thank you in advance. 

  Are you sure? yes | no

tehaxor69 wrote 02/20/2016 at 13:40 • point

I really enjoyed using the 5200 board for my projects, it's great for simple IOT projects, and it doesn't suffer that momentary lag that most other boards have that I've tried.

I still use it for controlling a Laser Kaleidoscope I have.


I did switch to the Raspberry Pi after I started using much larger web pages, and had more devices connecting to it at once.

  Are you sure? yes | no

Does this project spark your interest?

Become a member to follow this project and never miss any updates

Going up?

About Us Contact Hackaday.io Give Feedback Terms of Use Privacy Policy Hackaday API

© 2025 Hackaday

Yes, delete it Cancel

Report project as inappropriate

You are about to report the project "NDS Lite IOT Controller.", please tell us the reason.

Send message

Your application has been submitted.

Remove Member

Are you sure you want to remove yourself as a member for this project?

Project owner will be notified upon removal.