[AusNOG] iPhone serial port

[Samantha]

Where does one get the breakout board from or at least a template so we can
make some?


Sam

-----Original Message-----
From: ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net
[mailto:ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net] On Behalf Of Chris Pollock
Sent: Wednesday, 27 October 2010 11:55 AM
To: Andrew Fort
Cc: ausnog at ausnog.net
Subject: Re: [AusNOG] iPhone serial port

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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