[AusNOG] iPhone serial port

Andrew andrew at accessplus.com.au
Wed Oct 27 16:35:08 EST 2010


I'd prefer a DB9, would be interested in chipping in on a manufacturing run.

Next up, someone build an Ethernet port for iDevices and I can ditch my 
laptop :-P

- Andrew

On 27/10/2010 12:24 PM, Chris Pollock wrote:
> Haha yeah, that might be a challenge - people do get
>
> If enough people are interested, I might consider doing a short manufacturing run and putting them in a nice case.
>
> What's the consensus - would you prefer a male DB9 or female RJ45 port?
>
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: andrew.fort at gmail.com [mailto:andrew.fort at gmail.com] On
>> Behalf Of Andrew Fort
>> Sent: Wednesday, 27 October 2010 11:23 AM
>> To: Chris Pollock
>> Cc: ausnog at ausnog.net
>> Subject: Re: [AusNOG] iPhone serial port
>>
>> On Tue, Oct 26, 2010 at 7:24 PM, Chris Pollock
>> <Chris.Pollock at staff.pipenetworks.com>  wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>> I just finished something I thought some of you might be interested
>>> in; a usable serial port for an iPhone/iPad/iTouch.  All
>> iDevices have
>>> a serial port built into the dock connector, but it doesn't do
>>> anything useful out of the box.  All you need is a dock
>> connector, a
>>> 470kOhm resistor, some wire, a soldering iron, a console
>> cable and an RS232 ->  TTL converter.
>>
>> Nice work!  I wonder if you'd get that through an airport
>> security checkpoint for a remote job, though? ;-)
>>
>> -a
>>
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