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Also check out the Southern Stars SkyWire. Apparently it's a true RS-232 I/O cable that plugs into the dock connector. They use it to drive telescopes, but appa
by frankus 16y ago
Also check out the Southern Stars SkyWire. Apparently it's a true RS-232 I/O cable that plugs into the dock connector. They use it to drive telescopes, but apparently it's not limited to that.
http://www.southernstars.com/products/skywire/index.html http://www.southernstars.com/products/skywire/index.html
I've gotten as far as opening an input and output stream with it, but I haven't had time to dig up an RS-232 device to try talking back and forth.
- gonzo 16y agoThese are made by RedPark
- acgourley 16y agoUnless you have a jailbroken device, arbitrary apps you write won't be able to access that stream.
- sudont 16y agoFor a researcher who's both familiar and happy with Cocoa, I assume jailbreaking wouldn't be a big hurdle. Hell, GNUStep was created just to port a single application!
- frankus 16y agoYou can use the EAAccessory framework to talk to it. Just use the protocol string "com.southernstars.sw9a". What I'm not sure of is what sorts of apps they'll let into the app store that repurpose the cable. EDIT: Here's my test code thus far: https://github.com/frankus/SkyWireTest https://github.com/frankus/SkyWireTest
- acgourley 16y agoApps using that won't pass certification, but you're right you can use your own provisioned apps.