Comments on: PIC based iPod remote control

By: What Haveyou

What Haveyou — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 01:28:41 +0000

Too bad that link doesn’t work.

By: Ro

Ro — Sun, 13 Nov 2005 19:13:21 +0000

What I’d like to know is how to make a simple remote using this circuit. I just want to be able to control the ipod in the way that the inline remote did on the older models.

By: Alan

Alan — Fri, 11 Nov 2005 08:20:02 +0000

Nice work! It is good to see a fellow PIC chip user. Great application for the 16f628! Next setp for me is to get an ipod ;)

By: TVarmy

TVarmy — Fri, 11 Nov 2005 06:06:37 +0000

So, could this work with a Basic Stamp 2? If so, that’d be kinda cool, especially if it could observe the audio leaving the minijack. The ultimate iPod dock, complete with physical visualizations.

By: ez

ez — Fri, 11 Nov 2005 02:56:34 +0000

*tear*

By: morcheeba

morcheeba — Fri, 11 Nov 2005 01:27:37 +0000

Nice article! I’ve also got some example code for this and earlier ipods with the simpler Atmel microcontrollers (see my website). The website only describes the schematic, and I’ve got a printed version in the “iPod and iTunes Hacks” book.

By: fucter

fucter — Thu, 10 Nov 2005 23:32:28 +0000

i got some shirts left over, im not making a profit off of theses btw: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=8350537414&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMESE%3AIT&rd=1

By: Eliot Phillips

Eliot Phillips — Thu, 10 Nov 2005 22:05:13 +0000

you can purchase connectors from ridax on the ipodlinux forum http://ipodlinux.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=1115&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=15

By: Paul

Paul — Thu, 10 Nov 2005 22:02:43 +0000

The last poster has the idea. Since both the remote and dock connector are modified serial ports, and the documentation for both is now easily available. It would make a wonderful How-To…hint-hint…

By: beavertank

beavertank — Thu, 10 Nov 2005 22:01:14 +0000

n1x-uk:

Thats exactly what my idea is. The pinouts are fairly simple and the linux-wiki says, in theory, you don’t need to short pin 21 to ground with a 500k ohm resistor which makes it that much easier if its true.

All you’d need is a dock connector like what they have as opposed to the ones I have…

By: n1x-uk

n1x-uk — Thu, 10 Nov 2005 21:51:02 +0000

Im thinking of combining this how-to, with the following sites info:
http://www.hackaday.com/entry/1234000393065371/
http://ipodlinux.org/Dock_Connector
http://badacetechshow.com/psp_itrip.htm

What do people think of using the above how-to and making a dock connector to apple remote adaptor for the new Ipod 5g? It should be possible and the same thing could be used for the Itrip etc

By: beavertank

beavertank — Thu, 10 Nov 2005 21:43:17 +0000

I’ve seen all the pinouts too, and worked out a few interesting ideas, but the dock connector I have (that I cannabilized from the dock to USB connector) has tiny little flecks of metal as contact points on the back which I am finding it impossible to solder to.

Does anyone have any ideas about where the dock connector on the wiki came from? If I had something like that I could do what I want with no problems…

By: beavertank

beavertank — Thu, 10 Nov 2005 21:40:36 +0000

Does anyone have any ideas about where the dock connector on the wiki came from? If I had something like that I could do what I want with no problems…

By: chetchez

chetchez — Thu, 10 Nov 2005 20:11:40 +0000

Lord knows we all need more T&A

By: rmiller021

rmiller021 — Thu, 10 Nov 2005 19:21:11 +0000

It would be nice to see this interfaced with an lcd that is easy to read from across the room.