Very interesting investigation.
I heard somewhere that the Apple lightning cable, that comes with newer iPod, iPhone, iPads contains a chip and we'll be very hard to replicate (by Chinese cloners). Any insight on this?
The Lightning Digital AV Adapter Surprise
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Re: The Lightning Digital AV Adapter Surprise
#82It is pretty exciting to think about possibilities
* Jail break this cable, if this has some OS, use instead of raspberry Pi * is Apple bringing Android ADK style interfaces
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Lightning is a replacement for Apple's old and huge dock connector. You're probably thinking of Thunderbolt.
Thunderbolt definitely is designed as a replacement for Firewire, USB, 10 Gbit Ethernet, HDMI, and all other current wired connections. It's been advertised as such for a while. I first heard about Lightning just 2 days ago. I'm now confused between Thunderbolt and Lightning, and frustrated that I'll have to go learn about their differences.
So Lightning is an 8-pin replacement for the 30-pin connector.
And Thunderbolt is still the all-in-one replacement for all wired connections. So apparently the purpose behind the Thunderbolt connector subsumes the purpose behind the Lightning connector, yet the existence of Thunderbolt does not obviate Lightning's existence.
Sorry for the slow uptake, Galileo ;)
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#84Earlier quoted context omitted.
Thunderbolt definitely is designed as a replacement for Firewire, USB, 10 Gbit Ethernet, HDMI, and all other current wired connections. It's been advertised as such for a while. I first heard about Lightning just 2 days ago. I'm now confused between Thunderbolt and Lightning, and frustrated that I'll have to go learn about their differences.
So Lightning is an 8-pin replacement for the 30-pin connector. And Thunderbolt is still the all-in-one replacement for all wired connections. So apparently the purpose behind the Thunderbolt connector subsumes the purpose behind the Lightning connector, yet the existence of Thunderbolt does not obviate Lightning's existence. Sorry for the slow uptake, Galileo ;)
TB requires active cables, which are hideously expensive (for now, at least?). Even a 50cm one is $29 from Apple. http://store.apple.com/us/product/MD862ZM/A/apple-thunderbol...
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What does BSD vs GPL have to do with my stove or microwave?
The GPL requires that any changes (made to code used in released products) be released under the GPL. I'm unaware of any home appliance manufacturer that freely releases the OS of their products under the GPL, as they would have to if they were using Linux.
If they did, they would probably do it the way Amazon does with Kindle or Samsung does with Android. A giant tarball you can download from somewhere on their site, but not necessarily easy to just know about (like a link on the homepage).
If you go here: http://opensource.samsung.com you can see that they have the OS for some TV's. This is the typical way they comply (with unuseful, unannotated giant dumps).
LG actually has some appliances: