Hijack - iPhone Sensors Thru Audio Jack
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Hijack - iPhone Sensors Thru Audio Jack
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#2What's the advantage of using the headphone connector rather than the dock connector?
edit: thanks all, I forgot about the licensing requirement for the dock connector
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#3What's the advantage of using the headphone connector rather than the dock connector? edit: thanks all, I forgot about the licensing requirement for the dock connector
License fee and dependence on Apple?
See this http://www.quora.com/Apple-Inc-2/What-is-the-royalty-Apple-c...
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#4What's the advantage of using the headphone connector rather than the dock connector? edit: thanks all, I forgot about the licensing requirement for the dock connector
Using the Dock connector involved paying Apple a licensing fee. This circumvents that, and it's similar (although more involved) to how Square's card readers work.
There is already an iOS serial cable though, which I would think would be a better option for many projects:
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#5What's the advantage of using the headphone connector rather than the dock connector? edit: thanks all, I forgot about the licensing requirement for the dock connector
i'd think potentially being android/whatever compatible as well.
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#6The O'Reilly book "iPhone Hacks" also has schematics and details on how to create a headphone jack interface.
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#7What's the advantage of using the headphone connector rather than the dock connector? edit: thanks all, I forgot about the licensing requirement for the dock connector
While I think the other commentators have the main reasons, I'll add that this solution also let's you charge the iPad at the same time.
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#8What's the advantage of using the headphone connector rather than the dock connector? edit: thanks all, I forgot about the licensing requirement for the dock connector
Using the Dock connector involved paying Apple a licensing fee. This circumvents that, and it's similar (although more involved) to how Square's card readers work. There is already an iOS serial cable though, which I would think would be a better option for many projects: http://redpark.com/c2db9.html
" Under current Apple policy this cable may not be used with apps sold on the App Store."
That's an odd condition of Apple's terms. Why is this so? If I go through the process of designing and approving a hardware device, I can't sell an app to go with it? Or do I have to provide the app in tandem with the device?
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#9This is really cool! I've been thinking about fiddling with Square readers to read card data, but something like Hijack makes this so much easier.
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#10I think this is a novelty at best.
The electrical interface standards may change between devices (voltage/current sink ability) and even between software releases (power saving etc) resulting in a sudden "it stops working" moment.
The basis of it is also flawed on the fact that it's a workaround for a closed platform at which point it's probably better to just use an open one.
Hack yes. Novelty yes. Don't build anything important with it.