Serial cable for iPod approved by Apple

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Post by dholowiski » Fri, Jul 22, 2011, 9:45 PM UTC

Serial cable for iPod approved by Apple
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Re: Serial cable for iPod approved by Apple

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Post by ScotterC » Fri, Jul 22, 2011, 10:18 PM UTC

Congrats to these guys. I tried working in the Made for iPod (MFI) program to build hardware devices and it's a really tough process to get Apple to open up a little.

This might open the pipeline for a lot of innovation.

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Post by philfreo » Fri, Jul 22, 2011, 10:21 PM UTC

Off-topic, but their analytics for email conversion rates are going to be way off due to this post on HN:

utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Maker+Shed+Jul+21+2011

Re: Serial cable for iPod approved by Apple

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Post by mad_snowman » Fri, Jul 22, 2011, 10:21 PM UTC

This is the most preposterous breakout cable I've ever seen. $59 for the two connectors and a cable?

Re: Serial cable for iPod approved by Apple

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Post by [deleted] » Fri, Jul 22, 2011, 10:24 PM UTC

mad_snowman wrote: post #4

This is the most preposterous breakout cable I've ever seen. $59 for the two connectors and a cable?

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Post by cdcarter » Fri, Jul 22, 2011, 10:24 PM UTC

I hope that this can lead to a cool system of iPad driven arduinos!

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Post by [deleted] » Fri, Jul 22, 2011, 10:24 PM UTC

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Post by kylek » Fri, Jul 22, 2011, 10:26 PM UTC

> Supports communication at speeds up to 57.6 Kbps.

Is that a technical limitation or typo? Many devices use 115.2 Kbps if I'm not mistaken

Re: Serial cable for iPod approved by Apple

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Post by yuhong » Fri, Jul 22, 2011, 10:28 PM UTC

philfreo wrote: post #3

Off-topic, but their analytics for email conversion rates are going to be way off due to this post on HN: utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Maker+Shed+Jul+21+2011

Yea, I generally try to examine the URL before posting links on HN for that reason.

Re: Serial cable for iPod approved by Apple

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Post by mad_snowman » Fri, Jul 22, 2011, 10:30 PM UTC

So does anyone know if there's a conversion chip in there or whether the standard iPhone connector has a serial pin on it. I seem to remember someone hooking up a GPS to the iPhone 2 and plugging serial straight on. There are already a number of breakout plugs out there, so I'd be surprised if this opens up radical new innovation.

As a side note, other people have used the audio jack for I/O, like the iPhly Remote Control or Square