For making the BeatSaber sabers beat.
- Existing SteamVR trackers (i.e. HTC Vive Tracker 2.0, 3.0, Tundra Tracker, or eteeTracker)
- Custom Solution
- Tundra Tracker IO Expansion Board
- Tundra Tracker Developer Board
- Frankenstein modded HTC Vive Controller (2018) (Amazon link, may find deals for about 50% off)
Another idea is to simply take an existing HTC Vive or Vive Pro controller, disassembling it, and re-wiring all triggers to work in a different form factor. But it's $200 though... (Only looking at the 2018 Vive 2.0 Wand controllers as those are Base Station 2.0 and 1.0 compatible instead of just 1.0. My R&D setup is 2.0 stations only.)
The thinker-box.
- Arduino Pro Micro
- ESP32
- ESP8266
- nRF52840 (credit sctanf)
- nRF52832 (credit sctanf)
- TL448K6D-VR (Tundra Labs integrated processor)
- Very extensive for many use-cases
- Already designed for SteamVR pairing
- ~$52 per unit, very expensive for simply just the microcontroller
- Datasheet: https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0560/9455/6369/files/TL448K6D-VR_Datasheet_v1p1.pdf
- Local PDF copy: TL448K6D-VR_Datasheet_v1p1.pdf
Only keeping on repo for the sake of documentation and data backups. Please reach out if there are concerns.
Useful for many activities, like button pushing!
- Gulikit buttons
- no capacitive touch sensing
Keep virtually active so you don't need to be physically active.
- GuliKit Electromagnetic Joystick Module for Steam Deck
- capacitive touch sensing available
- bulky form factor
- Gulikit Switch Joycon joystick
- no capacitive touch sensing
- Zerone 3D Joystick Axis Analog Sensor Replacement Module
- no capacitive touch sensing
- potentiometer sensor (no hall effect, prone to wear)
- affordable option
- Consider firmware-based stick drift calibration fixes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2uyeBfFYp8 (credit MuffinTastic)
A fancy way of saying "battery system".
- Standard AA batteries (hot swappable)
- Custom rechargable solution (make considerations with knowledge of current SlimeVR BMS hardware)
- Li-Ion Pouch Cells
- Charging boards
How things connect to each other.
- Fully modular wire-connected system (using either JST or DuPont connectors)
- Fully integrated soldered solution
- Some hybrid of the two