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    Connecting a Wii U game pad

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    • AfunnynameA
      Afunnyname
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      Does anyone know if it's possible to hook up a Wii U game pad to a raspberry pi and use it on Retropie?

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      • muehltimeM
        muehltime @Afunnyname
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        @afunnyname let me know if this works for you...

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        • AfunnynameA
          Afunnyname
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          I apologize I worded this question poorly and it seemed like I wanted a controller. What I was actually asking for if it was possible to connect the second screen controller of the Wii U.

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          • muehltimeM
            muehltime @Afunnyname
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            @afunnyname Oh I see.... that's a good question. It doesn't run off of bluetooth I don't believe... so I don't know. Here is a quote from a different forum about getting it to work with PC.

            "The Bluetooth connection only handles the controller inputs. Bluetooth doesn't have the bandwidth for A/V connections of anywhere near the quality that the GamePad uses.

            The streaming is done by a highly customized and proprietary variant of 802.11n. It's not impossible that this could be replicated by a PC but it'd be tricky."

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            • muehltimeM
              muehltime @Afunnyname
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              @afunnyname Here is an emulator to emulate the gamepad on a phone or tablet... early stages

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                drake999
                last edited by drake999

                I would be surprised if this was successfully done by someone. The video for the screen is streamed over a proprietary 5 GHz radio. A gentleman in a previous post said it's based on 802.11n and he could very well be right. Still I think it may be possible through a custom USB adapter of some kind, though the 480mbps throughput limit may turn out to be a constraint, not sure. Is it possible? I believe so yes. Is it something easy to do, almost certainly not. You would probably need to find an engineer to design a custom USB adapter to communicate with the pad.

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