The Wiip: the open source Wii modchip

TCNISO‘s Wiip modchip isn’t available on their online store yet. However, what’s very interesting about their modchip is that they’re willing to share the schematics, code, and software involved with the chip so that you can make one yourself for less than US$ 10. If you’re too lazy to do all the soldering and whatnot, the Wiip modchip itself should retail for US$ 20 including shipping.

The Wiip will allow you to boot backup discs and works by utilizing a simple microcontroller that communicates with the serial port of the Wii’s hybrid DVD drive and overrides certain parts of the media’s data stream. The current features of the modchip include:

• Upgradability! Device is bundled with an easy to use programming cable.
• 20 MHz AVR microcontroller with 2KB of EEPROM (SMD type)
• Customizable (via open source code)
• Boots Wii games (DVD+R / DVD-R media)
• Boots GC games and homebrew
• AudioFix (naturally)
• On board DIP switch (enable/disable mod, enable/disable stealth)
• Works on DMS / D2A chipsets (sorry, we haven’t worked on D2B yet)

TCNISO hopes that by making The Wiip chip project open source, others will be able to add to and improve upon their existing code. For more info on the Wiip Project, feel free to click our read link below.

Is this an attempt to generate a Wii modchip that upgrades/improves faster than the Wiinja, the Wiikey, or the CycloWiz? It certainly looks like it. Let’s hope that its open source nature will help counteract the road blocks that other chips are running into.

TCNISO‘s Wiip modchip isn’t available on their online store yet. However, what’s very interesting about their modchip is that they’re willing to share the schematics, code, and software involved with the chip so that you can make one yourself for less than US$ 10. If you’re too lazy to do all the soldering and whatnot, the Wiip modchip itself should retail for US$ 20 including shipping.

The Wiip will allow you to boot backup discs and works by utilizing a simple microcontroller that communicates with the serial port of the Wii’s hybrid DVD drive and overrides certain parts of the media’s data stream. The current features of the modchip include:

• Upgradability! Device is bundled with an easy to use programming cable.
• 20 MHz AVR microcontroller with 2KB of EEPROM (SMD type)
• Customizable (via open source code)
• Boots Wii games (DVD+R / DVD-R media)
• Boots GC games and homebrew
• AudioFix (naturally)
• On board DIP switch (enable/disable mod, enable/disable stealth)
• Works on DMS / D2A chipsets (sorry, we haven’t worked on D2B yet)

TCNISO hopes that by making The Wiip chip project open source, others will be able to add to and improve upon their existing code. For more info on the Wiip Project, feel free to click our read link below.

Is this an attempt to generate a Wii modchip that upgrades/improves faster than the Wiinja, the Wiikey, or the CycloWiz? It certainly looks like it. Let’s hope that its open source nature will help counteract the road blocks that other chips are running into.