iPhone + Arduino = iRoboDevices

Image Processing on iPhone, controls a simple Arduino Robot.
[This media belongs to University of Coimbra, on MSc of Tiago Caldeira]

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Science & Technology

Tags:

• iPhone
• Arduino
• iRoboDevices
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[christiannaeger]

Looks cool! I was looking for ages for a way to interface my iphone with arduino using good old cable. I know that the 30 pin connector should somehow include a serial port. However, I thought it would be necessary to jailbreak in order to access it in objective-C code. You say you didn't jailbreak right? So do you have to link against "forbidden" libraries? I mean would you get this software into the App Store/Apple approved? And how did you do the physical interfacing on the connector? Thanks!

[docilio]

@christiannaeger

Thanks =)

About the connector, you can search "ipod cabble pinout" in google, it's the first result... (youtube doesn't allow me to link sites)

About the SDK, now you can use "redpark" serial product, on that time, I've developed my own version of code...

[christiannaeger]

@docilio Thanks a lot for the quick answer! I had a look at the pinout and the redpark solutions. Redpark offers their own SDK and they say "Under current Apple policy this cable may not be used with apps sold on the App Store." Which basically means you have to jailbreak to redistribute the app to other peoples phones...How, did you "develop your own version of code"? I am a registered Apple developer, but the standard (legal/Apple approved) SDKs don't offer a way to talk to the Serial port.

[docilio]

@christiannaeger

I didn't try to submit to Apple Store, but it didn't use a jailbreak device.

You can use the usb port on /dev/usb to send data using normal SDK from Apple

[RTZMackenzie]

did you have to jail break the phone to do this

[docilio]

@RTZMackenzie No, It's programmed with Apple Software (XCode).

Any iDevice (iPod, iPhone, iPad) will work



[christiannaeger]

@docilio ok thank you for the help! I will try to investigate into this....

[RTZMackenzie]

@docilio or can you send the code for using the rx tx pins on the base of the ipod

[RTZMackenzie]

@docilio thats super cool do you have any samples of how you controlled the pin outs on the iphone any thing or any package would help my email is 9rtzm@queensu.ca