Apps or Remote controllers to connect to WeDo 2.0

[Kimi_Izabela]

What options are out there to connect and control the Wedo2.0 hub?

I want, for example to control a simple 2 motor remote controlled car, like this one for instance: https://youtu.be/AQr4PIOOkCs

 

On one hand there is the official WeDo app, but its very specific, it does not allow me to control the car. Also I read the official Powered Up app does not work with it, right?

Also, I would like to know if its possible to connect a Play Station or Wii remote, the app BrickController https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.scn.BrickController2&hl=en&gl=US  didn’t seem to work.

 

Thanks

[Tcm0]

The WeDo 2.0 hub is very limited in terms of support because it was the first "powered up" product (before powered up was a thing) and the firmware can't be updated. The ble protocol was updated afterwards: it doesn't support the current BLE commands and thus can't be used with the powered up app.

There are some options to control the hub. You can use the official SDK by lego and you can use a few 3rd party projects (but most of them don't support this hub because of the BLE thing). One of the 3rd party ones is node-poweredup.