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What about the iPhone/iPad dock connector? There's lots of interesting devices being hooked up to them. For USB, what about barcode scanners and keyboards? It

by chime 16y ago

What about the iPhone/iPad dock connector? There's lots of interesting devices being hooked up to them. For USB, what about barcode scanners and keyboards? It would be very interesting to see how they communicate with the computer and I figure it would be relatively simple, compared to say an external USB drive.

daeken 16y ago
I really want to do this with the support of the manufacturer for a change; that's what actually makes it difficult to choose a target. I've hacked a lot of stuff in the past, but it's never been with the manufacturer's support, and I think that somewhere out there, there's a perfect target. One which is not only a good learning experience for people, but a good marketing opportunity for some company.
- chime 16y ago
  What about the Arduino USB connection? I don't know if it sounds interesting enough to you but I suspect they would be open to it.
  - kqr2 16y ago
    I believe the Arduino USB is just a FTDI USB to serial converter. http://www.arduino.cc/en/Guide/troubleshooting#toc15 http://www.arduino.cc/en/Guide/troubleshooting#toc15
    - follower 16y ago
      It used to be but the new Arduino UNO uses custom software on an Atmel microcontroller that includes USB support: http://wiki.ladyada.net/arduino/unofaq#new_usb_chip http://wiki.ladyada.net/arduino/unofaq#new_usb_chip
- fragmede 16y ago
  You might be interested in joining the linux driver project - www.linuxdriverproject.org (As started by GregKH - http://kerneltrap.org/node/7636 http://kerneltrap.org/node/7636 )
Murkin 16y ago
Keyboard / Mouse / Storage / etc are fully standardized protocols on top of USB (http://www.usb.org/developers/devclass_docs#approved http://www.usb.org/developers/devclass_docs#approved) Another candy that you might not know about Apple: - Any gadget that wants to communicate with an iPhones/iPods/etc via USB, needs to purchase a proprietary decoding chip. Yep ! - http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/gadgets/news/4272628 http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/gadgets/news/4272...

by chime 16y ago

daeken 16y ago

I really want to do this with the support of the manufacturer for a change; that's what actually makes it difficult to choose a target. I've hacked a lot of stuff in the past, but it's never been with the manufacturer's support, and I think that somewhere out there, there's a perfect target. One which is not only a good learning experience for people, but a good marketing opportunity for some company.

chime 16y ago
What about the Arduino USB connection? I don't know if it sounds interesting enough to you but I suspect they would be open to it.
- kqr2 16y ago
  I believe the Arduino USB is just a FTDI USB to serial converter. http://www.arduino.cc/en/Guide/troubleshooting#toc15 http://www.arduino.cc/en/Guide/troubleshooting#toc15
  - follower 16y ago
    It used to be but the new Arduino UNO uses custom software on an Atmel microcontroller that includes USB support: http://wiki.ladyada.net/arduino/unofaq#new_usb_chip http://wiki.ladyada.net/arduino/unofaq#new_usb_chip
fragmede 16y ago
You might be interested in joining the linux driver project - www.linuxdriverproject.org (As started by GregKH - http://kerneltrap.org/node/7636 http://kerneltrap.org/node/7636 )

Murkin 16y ago

Keyboard / Mouse / Storage / etc are fully standardized protocols on top of USB (http://www.usb.org/developers/devclass_docs#approved http://www.usb.org/developers/devclass_docs#approved) Another candy that you might not know about Apple: - Any gadget that wants to communicate with an iPhones/iPods/etc via USB, needs to purchase a proprietary decoding chip. Yep ! - http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/gadgets/news/4272628 http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/gadgets/news/4272...