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Very cool! I thought maybe I'll take a crack at building a better iOS application for these things, but then I remembered that for the Lightning connector you n

by vermon 2y ago

Very cool! I thought maybe I'll take a crack at building a better iOS application for these things, but then I remembered that for the Lightning connector you needed to get the permission of the manufacturer if you wanted to interface with a device (tried that once with a Lightning Yubikey and luckily they didn't have any objections). Is this not an issue anymore with USBC iPhones?

seany 2y ago
I built an interposer board to do this about 5 years ago (for a product that didn't go anywhere). Ended up using a beagle bone in USB gadget mode to expose an Ethernet adapter to the iPad I was using.
InvaderFizz 2y ago
USB-C iPhones work with all kinds of USB-C hubs, devices, keyboards, mice, Ethernet adapters, etc out of the box. As far as I have seen, USB-C on iOS devices has no authentication restrictions for anything. The device in the article already has an iOS app, so while there may be a needed app entitlement, I don't think there are any showstoppers for making an iOS app for this particular thermal camera.
- bpye 2y ago
  I would love to be wrong, but I can't find anything that suggests USB webcams work on USB-C iPhones - I did try in the past for different reasons but couldn't find any way of making it work. Some USB-C thermal imagers do claim to work, for example this one by HIKMICRO - https://www.hikmicrotech.com/en_us/industrial-products/mini2-v2-thermal-camera-phone-attachment/ https://www.hikmicrotech.com/en_us/industrial-products/mini2... - but I'm not sure how...
  - fignews 2y ago
    You are correct. I have the same camera as OP (v1?) but the usbc version does not work with iOS. Can’t understand why. It’s very infuriating.
  - radicality 2y ago
    What surprised me is that iPadOS does have uvc functionality, but iOS doesn't. If you have an ipad with a USBC connector, can try it and will work. For example I used the Orion app for ipad and it will show me live feed of any connected uvc camera. https://orion.tube/ https://orion.tube/

by vermon 2y ago

seany 2y ago

I built an interposer board to do this about 5 years ago (for a product that didn't go anywhere). Ended up using a beagle bone in USB gadget mode to expose an Ethernet adapter to the iPad I was using.

InvaderFizz 2y ago

USB-C iPhones work with all kinds of USB-C hubs, devices, keyboards, mice, Ethernet adapters, etc out of the box. As far as I have seen, USB-C on iOS devices has no authentication restrictions for anything. The device in the article already has an iOS app, so while there may be a needed app entitlement, I don't think there are any showstoppers for making an iOS app for this particular thermal camera.

bpye 2y ago
I would love to be wrong, but I can't find anything that suggests USB webcams work on USB-C iPhones - I did try in the past for different reasons but couldn't find any way of making it work. Some USB-C thermal imagers do claim to work, for example this one by HIKMICRO - https://www.hikmicrotech.com/en_us/industrial-products/mini2-v2-thermal-camera-phone-attachment/ https://www.hikmicrotech.com/en_us/industrial-products/mini2... - but I'm not sure how...
- fignews 2y ago
  You are correct. I have the same camera as OP (v1?) but the usbc version does not work with iOS. Can’t understand why. It’s very infuriating.
- radicality 2y ago
  What surprised me is that iPadOS does have uvc functionality, but iOS doesn't. If you have an ipad with a USBC connector, can try it and will work. For example I used the Orion app for ipad and it will show me live feed of any connected uvc camera. https://orion.tube/ https://orion.tube/