[TheRain] sent in his tutorial on using the iPhone’s serial port. Apparently there’s a hardware trick required to enable two way communication. Whatever device is attached to the iPhone needs a secret handshake to get things talking both ways. Once the serial ground has been strobed high to low in the proper order, things will work like normal.
Slightly off-topic, but does anyone know if there’s a way to circumvent the idiotic block on video out on iPod classics? I’m using a dock breakout box to make my own super-dock, and obviously I don’t have access to apple’s autorization chip to unlock the video out.
Posted at 2:33 pm on Dec 12th, 2007 by ksmith
Sorry for not being specific. I was thinking of the Touch. The serial interface probably requires same type of handshake.
Posted at 2:36 pm on Dec 12th, 2007 by treegezer
How about a device for the touch that adds bluetooth, a gsm phone, a camera, and a mic. They could call it… The iPhone!
Hey, some of that could actually work. Now I want one for my touch.
Posted at 3:41 pm on Dec 12th, 2007 by jbr
next logical step is…..
ill tell you guys when i am finished on friday or next week….
hint: N…M…E…A…
Posted at 6:35 pm on Dec 12th, 2007 by fai
fai:i’ve already done it. just waitin until a buddy finishes the ui.
Posted at 7:08 pm on Dec 12th, 2007 by joe
sweet, i am pretty much done using std nmea tools, just making it presentable. a ready made UI would be awesome
where will it be posted?
Posted at 8:27 pm on Dec 12th, 2007 by fai
someone has already made a mic dock for the touch, and intends to use it for VoIP through WiFi, brilliant, if you ask me, some people are always near a wifi network, so why pay for cell service?
Posted at 1:23 am on Dec 13th, 2007 by the_fozz
Done.
http://partfoundry.com/iphonegps.html
Posted at 8:01 pm on Dec 14th, 2007 by Curt von Badinski
Now all we need is for someone to make this iPhone GPS thing talk to Google Maps so you can find out where you are and such.
Posted at 5:58 am on Dec 19th, 2007 by Jonathan Wilson
check out this cool product to jamm cell phone calls
Posted at 1:46 pm on Feb 13th, 2008 by phonejammer
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Bluetooth/extended battery sled with built in mic would be the next logical step. No?
Posted at 10:29 am on Dec 12th, 2007 by treegezer