Turn your Nintendo DS into an Etch A Sketch
By Cyrus Farivar 
posted Dec 8th 2006 7:00AM
posted Dec 8th 2006 7:00AM
Haven't you ever wanted an Etch A Sketch right there, on your DS? (We hadn't considered the possibility until today.) For $25, and some familiarity with homebrew apps, you can get a DS motion card, which includes a 3-axis accelerometer and a single-axis gyroscope. Apparently some folks have already cooked up some apps that will work with this card, including an Etch A Sketch-style application and two games. You can plunk down the cash for the pre-order, but if you want something a little more immediate, you could just buy a regular Etch A Sketch for far less, and not have to worry about all that homebrew stuff. Your call, though. [Via DS Fanboy]
More portable than a regular Etch-A-Sketch, but... how do you duplicate the two knobs? I'm sure you can just use the stylus to draw with, but that's not really the same. Now it's just a black'n'white MS Paint on a touch-screen monitor. hmmm... More homebrewing needed. :)
I'm holding out for the version that turns my DS into a Lite-Brite.
It's too bad the Wii remote doesn't have a gyroscope. :( Looks like they could have done it.
nintendo should look into this, since i thought the DS could be used as a wiimote.
you can us the up and down on the d-pad and y and a for left and right!
haha, i know how to emulate the knobs, push the buttons in a circular pattern, like up, left, down, right, up, and so on would be counterclockwise rotation, and you do the same to the other buttons, there, 2 knobs, top screen for the drawing surface, bottom for controlls, like how far to move per movenemt, like if up left is going too slow, bump it up. colors, and some kind of save feature. hit L to swap the screens, so now the drawing screen can be drawn directly with the stylus, hit L again, and it goes back to normal, hit R and you got 2 knobs you can spin with the touchscreen. im not a programmer, but i would love to create some homebrew apps for that sensor