IPhone Accessory Development

#1

Post by tritchey » Mon, May 18, 2009, 8:26 PM UTC

I am working on a new accessory for the iPhone/iPod Touch. It is an Ethernet adapter that plugs into the dock connector, along with software that allows you to do network analysis from your phone.

This is a bit of a departure for me from pure software, so I'm still learning as I go. If this is of interest to you, I've set up a short survey on surveymonkey to collect information about features, pricing, etc. I would really appreciate any feedback. http://bit.ly/1radd

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#2

Post by brk » Mon, May 18, 2009, 8:41 PM UTC

Sounds curious. How do you plan to take 100 or 1000Mbits of data and stuff that down a serial pipe and then analyze in software?

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#3

Post by [deleted] » Mon, May 18, 2009, 8:50 PM UTC

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#4

Post by tritchey » Mon, May 18, 2009, 8:54 PM UTC

brk wrote: post #2

Sounds curious. How do you plan to take 100 or 1000Mbits of data and stuff that down a serial pipe and then analyze in software?

There are a couple things we are looking at, but it basically boils down to filtering/buffering as much in the hardware adapter before shifting it to the phone on demand. Realistically, the product won't be able to do full line-speed Gbit dumps for extended periods of time, but for simple network scanning/troubleshooting, hopefully it will be adequate.

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#5

Post by rendezvouscp » Mon, May 18, 2009, 9:56 PM UTC

You set up number five incorrectly; let us know when you fix it!

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#6

Post by tritchey » Mon, May 18, 2009, 10:07 PM UTC

rendezvouscp wrote: post #5

You set up number five incorrectly; let us know when you fix it!

Sorry about that - This is the first time I've used Survey Monkey. It should be fixed now. Thank you for letting me know.

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#7

Post by Timothee » Mon, May 18, 2009, 10:25 PM UTC

Q10's answers need to be rephrased: 10. Do you mind if we contact you in the future regarding this product? Under no circumstances will we give out your email.

No, you've wasted enough of my time.

Yes (please provide us with an email address)

"Yes" means that I do mind, so I don't want to give you my email address.

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#8

Post by tritchey » Mon, May 18, 2009, 10:31 PM UTC

Timothee wrote: post #7

Q10's answers need to be rephrased: 10. Do you mind if we contact you in the future regarding this product? Under no circumstances will we give out your email. No, you've wasted enough of my time. Yes (please provide us with an email address) "Yes" means that I do mind, so I don't want to give you my email address.

I'm starting to wonder in how many ways I can screw up a 10 question survey. Thanks for the feedback. I had 5 other people proofread the survey and you are the only one to catch that.

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#9

Post by groeling » Mon, May 18, 2009, 11:50 PM UTC

Looks interesting. Could the connection be used for other purposes, like sending print jobs or file serving off the phone? Or would the speed just be comparable to the current wireless connection?